Live Auction 21921The Robin and Rupert Hambro Collection
A PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL CARVED AND STAINED PINE ORNAMENTAL URNS
Lot 39

A PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL CARVED AND STAINED PINE ORNAMENTAL URNS

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed8 June 2023

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GBP 4,000–6,000

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN RENAISSANCE REVIVAL CARVED AND STAINED PINE ORNAMENTAL URNS
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each profusely carved with satyr masks, garlands and acanthus leaves, some repairs to carving and with later stepped base
27 in. (68.5 cm.) high; the base 9 1/2 in. (24 cm.) square

Possibly the pair formerly in the Collection of Paolo Asta, Palazzo Mocenigo, Venice; sold Christie's house sale, 7-8 October 1996, lot 108.

Specialist note


A pair of urns of this exact design, which had been later mounted as lamps, were formerly with Axel Vervoordt, Belgium, from whom they where acquired by Eric Albada Jelgersma for his house outside Brussels (sold Christie's, London, 7 December 2018, lot 647, £20,000 including premium).