Live Auction 5703The European Connoisseur 500 Years Decorative Arts Europe
A BRONZE MODEL OF THE BORGHESE VASE
Lot 233

A BRONZE MODEL OF THE BORGHESE VASE

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, PROBABLY ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed6 July 2012

Price Realised

GBP 7,500

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

A BRONZE MODEL OF THE BORGHESE VASE
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, PROBABLY ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
On a square white marble plinth; medium brown patina with lighter high points; very minor chips to plinth

13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high, overall

Specialist note

The antique prototype of the Borghese Vase, upon which the present lot is based, and which is now in the Louvre, was first recorded in Rome in 1594 on the site of what had been the garden of the classical historian Sallust. It was in the Villa Borghese from 1645 until 1807, when it was transferred by Napoleon to Paris.