A magnificent pair of Egyptian porphyry vases, Rome, circa 1680-1710
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October 11, 05:25 PM GMT
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1,000,000 - 2,000,000 EUR
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A magnificent pair o꧂f Egyptian porphyry vases, Rome, circa 1680🐠-1710
each urn-shaped, with carved female masks to both sides with pleated hair, flanked by scrolling handles with satyr masks; the body with an egg and dot frieze rim, spiral fluted to u♔pper part and gadroons to lower, restinꦉg on a waisted fluted socle with carved acanthus edge, on a square plinth base, the stepped moulded cover carved with gadroons and topped by an acorn finial
height 44½in.; width 26 in.; 113 cm.; 66 cm.
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Paire de grands vases en porꦐphyre d'Egypte, Rome, vers 1680-1710
height 44½in.; width 26 in.; 113 cm.; 66 cm.
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Collection Arturo Lopez Willshaw, Hôtel Rodocanachi, N🐼euilly-sur-Seine;
Galerie J. Kugel, Paris 2007.
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Collection Arturo Lopez Willshaw, Hôtel Rodocanachi, Neuill𒀰y-sur-Seine;
Galerie J. Kugel, Paris, 2007.
D. Del Bufalo, Porphyry: Red Imperial Porphyry, Power and Religion, 2012, ill. p. 149, v.81.
C. Connolly & J. Zerbe, Les Pavillons, French Pavilions of the 18th century, 1962, ill. p202.
