拍品专文
These sperical vases of Krater form, on acanthus-enriched stems and rectangular plinths, are embellished with a band of libation-paterae alternating with ox-buccrania that are festooned with ribbon-tied garlands of oak. They were originally fitted with lids and satyr-mask 'acroteria' handles.
Designed in the early nineteenth century Grecian manner, their prototype was an antique marble vase belonging to the connoisseur Thomas Hope (d.1831), and displayed at his Duchess Street mansion/museum. The vase was illustrated in 1814 by Henry Moses, in his book A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra Sarcophagi &Co. However, it is quite conceivable that Hope himself could have commissioned these vases, around 1820, for his Surrey villa, The Deepdene, whose terraces were richly furnished with vases.
Designed in the early nineteenth century Grecian manner, their prototype was an antique marble vase belonging to the connoisseur Thomas Hope (d.1831), and displayed at his Duchess Street mansion/museum. The vase was illustrated in 1814 by Henry Moses, in his book A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Paterae, Tripods, Candelabra Sarcophagi &Co. However, it is quite conceivable that Hope himself could have commissioned these vases, around 1820, for his Surrey villa, The Deepdene, whose terraces were richly furnished with vases.