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Pair of large gilt-bronze 'Rhyton' Incense Vases with ramsheads (France)
Item Stock Code

3313 (07.178)

Item Medium Description

Black bronze and ormolu

European Dimensions

25.50 cm wide 43.00 cm high 14.00 cm deep

UK/USA Converted Dimensions

10.04 inches wide 16.93 inches high 5.51 inches deep

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

Pair of large gilt-bronze 'Rhyton' Incense Vases with ramsheads:
in the form of an antique rhyton drinking cup; the black-bronzed bases decorated with lyres and winged lions; the domed lids, pierced with anthemnion and surmounted with pinecone finials. After a design of Piranesi (1720-1788), illustrated in his 'Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi, Sarcofagi' published 1778.

Status

FOR SALE