Live Auction 14193Robert de Balkany Rome & the Côte d'Azur
A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE AND WHITE MARBLE TWIN-HANDLE CAMPANA URNS ON PEDESTALS
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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE AND WHITE MARBLE TWIN-HANDLE CAMPANA URNS ON PEDESTALS

BY TOSCO TICCIATI, TUSCANY, AFTER THE MODEL IN THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM

Closed23 March 2017

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MALACHITE AND WHITE MARBLE TWIN-HANDLE CAMPANA URNS ON PEDESTALS
BY TOSCO TICCIATI, TUSCANY, AFTER THE MODEL IN THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
Each with everted lip and shaped socles, the conforming pedestals of panelled rectangular form with black marble bases
The vases: 46 ¾ in. (119 cm.) high; 36 in. (91.5 cm.) diameter
The pedestals: 39 in. (99 cm.) high; 26 ¼ in. (66.5 cm.) square

Specialist note

With their mask-form mounts, the present pair of urns are related to a vase in The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, dated to circa 1841-1842 (Э.2720) with similar handles.