A pair of Italian carved alabaster vases second quarter 19th century

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

each 99cm. high, 72cm. wide; 3ft. 3in., 2ft. 4¼in.

each of campana form, with foliate and gadrooned cover, above a leafy and fruit carved neck and frieze, with scrolled female term handles, on a leaf carved socle and octagonal base; fitted for electricity

Provenance

Probably acquired by Sir William Fowle Middleton, 2nd Bt., for Shrubland Park, Suffolk circa 1830
Thence by descent

Literature

Inventory, Shrubland Park, 1860 (Vol.1), p.54 -`Twenty four inch marble vase with handles 28inches high beautifully sculpted with figures in high relief with a statuary marble pedestal and base.' Sotheby's Inventory, Shrubland Park, 1958, p. 110, The Dining Room: 150.0.0