A pair of moulded and carved porphyry covered urns, in the f - Lot 174

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A pair of moulded and carved porphyry covered urns, in the f - Lot 174
A pair of moulded and carved porphyry covered urns, in the form of a panelled baluster, decorated with two scrolled geminated handles, the lower part with twisted flutes, resting on a pedestal, the lids surmounted by a round flattened knob. Probably a Roman work from the Louis XIV period. Height : 53cm 53cm Width : 45cm (accidents and restorations, the lids probably reported). Bibliography: "Porphyry. Red Imperial. Power and Religion" by Dario Del Bufalo. Turin, Allemandi publisher, 2012, p. 145, ref. V.50 Analogies: - A pair of urns of the same spirit, Paris, Christie's sale, 7 December 2005, lot 83 (former Randon de Boisset collection, his sale in Paris, 27 February 1777, no. 439). Roman work of the Louis XIV period. - An urn of a similar model but smaller and not fluted, Kohn sale, Hôtel Drouot, 7 June 2007, lot 21. Italy 18th century. - A drawing kept in the Louvre Museum (RF36716-88-folio 85) by Giovanni Angelo Canini (1609-1666) showing a vase of the same spirit as ours (one of the vases acquired by Cardinal de Richelieu in 1633).
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