A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY AND WHITE MARBLE TWIN-HANDLE CAMPANA URNS ON PEDESTALS

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY AND WHITE MARBLE TWIN-HANDLE CAMPANA URNS ON PEDESTALS

BY TOSCO TICCIATI, TUSCANY, AFTER THE MODEL IN THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY AND WHITE MARBLE TWIN-HANDLE CAMPANA URNS ON PEDESTALS
BY TOSCO TICCIATI, TUSCANY, AFTER THE MODEL IN THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
Each with everted lip and waisted body, the conforming pedestal of panelled rectangular form with black marble base
The vases: 50 ½ in. (128.5 cm.) high; 36 ½ in. (92.5 cm.) diameter
The pedestals: 38 ¾ in. (98.5 cm.) high; 26 ¼ in. (65.5 cm.) square

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Lot Essay

The entwined-snake form handles on the present pair of monumental vases relate them closely to a gilt-bronze-mounted malachite vase in The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, dated to 1841 with nearly identical serpent supports (Π 148).

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