An Italian marmo giallo antico tazza

POSSIBLY BY BENEDETTO BOSCHETTI, MID 19TH CENTURY

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An Italian marmo giallo antico tazza
Possibly by Benedetto Boschetti, mid 19th century
The lobed oval dish sculpted with twin satyr masks to the sides, on a spreading socle and stepped base with nero belgio plinth
8in. (20.3cm.) high, the dish -- 11in. (28cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A larger tazza of related design by Benedetto Boschetti, sculpted with grotesque horned masks as well as satyr masks, was included Antiquities and Souvenirs of the Grand Tour, Christie's South Kensington, 19th October 1994, lot 284.

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