A VERY LARGE WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT 'ENCAUSTIC' DECORATED 'VOLUTE KRATER' VASE

Los 286
22.10.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
Classic
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
VeranstaltungsortVereinigtes Königreich, London
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ID 1310297
Los 286 | A VERY LARGE WEDGWOOD BLACK BASALT 'ENCAUSTIC' DECORATED 'VOLUTE KRATER' VASE
Schätzwert
$ 15 000 – 25 000
Modeled on the Greek red-figure example from the Hamilton Collection in the British Museum, the volute handles centering Classical 'Gorgon' masks and terminating in swans' heads, the neck decorated with floral and foliate tendrils centering a bust, between bands of faux gardoons, vine, ovolo, Vitruvian scroll and anthemion, the front of the body decorated with griffins attacking a chariot driven by a warrior, after a print by Pierre-François Hugues d’Hancarville, a key-fret band below, all raised on a circular socle base
251/4 in. (64.1 cm.) high
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