A pair of Italian carved alabaster 'Medici' vases 19th century

Sold Sotheby's New York, The Collection of Gianni Versace, April 5, 6, 7, 2001, lot 56.

With scattered small chips, abrasions and scratches. Rosettes of base with small restored breaks. One handle with glue residue. One with restored break to foot as visible in catalogue illustration. Minor hairline cracks to both; not extensive. Traces of surface dirt. In good condition.
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The Medici family ruled in Florence from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century.  The 'Medici' vase was first recorded at the Villa Medici in Rome in the late sixteenth century and is now in the Uffizi in Florence.  The vase achieved widespread fame through the publication of engravings such as those made by Piranesi and published in Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi, 1778.  Regularly regarded as being one of the greatest surviving examples of classical, the vase is attributed by some early writers to Phidias.