A pair of white laquered urn-shaped vases and covers

A pair of covered vases in white lacquered wood, carved with twisted ribs in the form of spiral gadroons, the circular spreading fluted cover with ball finial. The bodies of the vases are flanked by two double twisted handles ending in crayfish tails, and they rest on small feet.

French or Italian work, circa 1930.

This pair of ornamental vases is made after the Roman models of the 17th century, which were carved from ancient porphyries and adorned the greatest collections, as evidenced by the beautiful specimens from the collections of Louis XIV or some drawings in an album from Cardinal Richelieu, containing certain models drawn by the painter and archaeologist Giovanni Angelo Canini.


[1] The Canini album of the Louvre and the Richelieu collection of antiques, inventory no. RF 36716, 88