ID 1134447
Lot 15 | AN ITALIAN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY 'AMPHORA' VASE AND COVER
Estimate value
£ 25 000 – 40 000
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO ANTONIO FRANZONI (1734-1818), CIRCA 1770, THE PLINTH PROBABLY ORIGINAL
Of Grecian amphora form, with circular spreading socle and square base, on a verde antico and black marble plinth
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high; 7 1⁄8in. (18 cm.) wide; 6 1⁄3 in. (16 cm.) deep
Provenance
Collection Salomon Goldschmidt; his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 19 May 1888, lot 174; where purchased by Henri-Jules Stettiner (1842-1912), Paris.
Private Collection, France.
Collection of M. Covo (antique dealer, Paris,1970s).
Parisian art market.
Acquired from Steinitz, Paris, 2019.
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