Pair of Italian marble vases after the Medici Vase

£12,000

The fine classically inspired vases in this pair, carved from rich grey-green marble, take after the famous ancient Athenian Medici Vase, now in the Uffizi in Florence.

 

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Description

The fine vases in this pair are carved from dark grey-green veined marble, with the vases taking after the famous Medici Vase. The Medici Vase (so called because it appeared in a 1598 inventory of the Villa Medici in Rome) is a 1st century CE marble bell-shaped krater that was sculpted in Athens and currently resides in the Uffizi in Florence. The present vases take a similar form, each with a bell-shaped body culminating in a flared rim, each with twin handles, and each supported on a fluted waisted socle. The lip of each is moulded with egg-and-dart beading, while the belly is finished with gadroons. The main body of each vase features an in-the-round bas relief sculptural frieze depicting figures in procession. The vases are raised on stepped marble plinths, each finished to the front face with an Apollo mask.

Details

Country of Origin
Italian
Date of Manufacture
19th Century
Period
19th Century
Style
Classical
Material
Marble
Colour
Grey

Dimensions

Height
51 cm / 20.1 inches
Width
26 cm / 10.2 inches
Depth
25 cm / 9.8 inches

Reference:
15913

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