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Pair of covered vases
English (London)
about 1805
Medium/Technique
Patinated and gilt bronze; brass
Dimensions
Height: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace Wood Brock
Accession Number2010.1037.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsDecorative arts
DescriptionEach with circular flaming-finial mounted tops above a circular waisted body with winged masks to each side and chimerical beasts issuing arched handles, above a waisted brass socle, on a concave-side canted triangular base, with reeded angles, each side mounted with masks, on scrolled and palmette paw feet.
ProvenanceFebruary 9, 1993, anonymous sale, Phillips, London, lot 132, probably to H. Blairman and Sons, London. Acquired on the London art market by Horace Wood Brock, New York; 2010, year-end gift of Horace Wood Brock to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)