A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN

Lot 63
17.10.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 200 000
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ID 1037695
Lot 63 | A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D., WITH CIRCA 18TH CENTURY RESTORATIONS

27 ½ in. (70 cm.) high





Provenance

Thomas Hope (1769-1831), London and The Deepdene, Surrey, acquired by circa 1810-1813; thence by continuous descent to his grandson, Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (1866-1941), The Deepdene, Surrey.

The Celebrated Collection of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian Sculpture and Ancient Greek Vases, Being a Portion of the Hope Heirlooms, Christie's, London, 23-24 July 1917, lot 209.

Antonius Wilhelmus Mari Mensing (1866-1936), proprietor of Frederick Mueller & Co., Amsterdam, acquired from the above through P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London.

with Frederick Mueller & Co., Amsterdam.

Private Collection, Italy, acquired from the above, 1940; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.

The Exceptional Sale, Christie's, London, 7 July 2022, lot 15.



Literature

Hope Marbles, folio volume of engravings by F.D. Fosbrooke held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no. 110.H.14, undated, pl. 28, no. 2.

H. Moses, A Collection of Antique Vases, Altars, Pateræ, Tripods, Candelabra, Sarcophagi &c., from Various Museums and Collections, London, 1814, pl. 33.

J. Britton, Manuscript list of contents of Deepdene, unpublished manuscript preserved at the Yale Center for Studies in British Art, New Haven, Hope Architectural Collection, Box Deep-Dene I, mount 10(1).

G.B. Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures, Berlin, 1986, pp. 107-108, fig. 33, no. 91.

Arachne Online Database no. 50083.
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