Fine Furniture and Clocks, Including Property from Two Noble English Collections

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Lot 280
  • 280

A pair of campana urns and lids modern

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • 94cm. high; 3ft. 1in.
composition to simulate Siena marble, with foliate carved finials and dolphin handles

Literature

Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, Arredi e Ornamenti alla Corte di Roma, 1560-1795, Milan, 2004, p. 112, for a design for an urn in white marble with handles conceived in a similar vein, belonging to Cardinal Giacomo Filippo Nini and acquiered by the Marchese del Carpio, after the death of Nini (Society of Antiquaries, London).