AN ITALIAN 'NERO DI BELGIO' TWO-HANDLED AMPHORA

This impressive urn, by tradition, was once in the collection of the celebrated Marquis of Sitizano who acted as Chief Treasurer of the Kingdom of Naples, under Bourbon rule. He employed both Angelia Kaufmann and Antonio Canova as art agents. A similar marble vase, with identical bifurcated handles is in the Galleria dei Candelabri in The Vatican.