ID 1134467
Lot 61 | AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SMARAGDITE VASE AND COVER
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
CIRCA 1770, THE MOUNTS LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The domed bead-edged lid and baluster-shaped body flanked by entwined snake handles above a circular socle and square base with beading
18 1⁄8 in. (46 cm.) high; 9 7⁄8 in. (25 cm.) wide; 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Busca Collection, Villa Serbelloni, Como, in the 19th Century, and by descent.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 5 July 2012, lot 88.
Acquired from Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, Leeds, July 2012.
| Medium: | Jasperware, Gilded bronze |
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| Art style: | Romanesque style |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Medium: | Jasperware, Gilded bronze |
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| Art style: | Romanesque style |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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