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A PAIR OF LARGE ALABASTER URNS ON COLUMNS
ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY
Both urns of krater form with pierced grape vines encircling the rims, the necks with either The Triumph of Galatea or of Amphitrite on one side and a basket of flowers on the other, the side handles formed as slithering snakes, the octagonal fluted columns carved with a central band of entwined grape vines (repairs and losses) ----- 83 in. (210.9 cm.) high (18)
ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY
Both urns of krater form with pierced grape vines encircling the rims, the necks with either The Triumph of Galatea or of Amphitrite on one side and a basket of flowers on the other, the side handles formed as slithering snakes, the octagonal fluted columns carved with a central band of entwined grape vines (repairs and losses) ----- 83 in. (210.9 cm.) high (18)