ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO AND GIOVANNI ZOFFOLI, ITALIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE URNS
ATTRIBUTED TO GIACOMO AND GIOVANNI ZOFFOLI, ITALIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
One after the Borguese vase and the other after the Albani or Giustiniani vase, the former depicting the feast of Bacchus and the later the Sacrifice of Iphigenie with Ulysses and Agamemnon
19 in. (48.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 December 2004, lot 86.

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Lot Essay

Giacomo Zoffoli and his younger brother ran a successful workshop in Rome specializing in the casting of reproduction of the antique models which rapidly became an important destination on the Grand Tour.
A pair of comparable vases is illustrated in E.Colle, Bronzi Decorativi in Italia, 2001, p. 223.

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