A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND BLACK PORPHYRY MODELS OF THE WARWICK VASE

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND BLACK PORPHYRY MODELS OF THE WARWICK VASE
Each with circular waisted body with everted rim and grapevine frieze, the body cast with classical heads above a lion's pelt, the sides with twisted handles, on a circular socle and cylindrical pedestal and square platform base
18in. (45.5cm.) high, 13in. (33cm.) wide (2)

拍品专文

One of the most celebrated antiquities excavated in Rome during the 18th century, the Warwick vase was unearthed in Rome during 1771, purchased by Sir William Hamilton and subsequently sold to the Earl of Warwick. The vase is housed today in the Glasgow Museum.