ECL-Bm.10:98-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.10:98-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Vase
Hawk-headed vase
Hawk-headed vase
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Content (description)
A cup with a plain body stands on a high and ornate foot. It has a high conical knobbed lid with shallow fluting. Attached at the rim and at the bottom of the body are slender voluted handles, which seem to end in snake heads and to have a little leaf decoration in the centre.
Content (object)
vase with lid
Content (note)
Alabaster vase with metal handles
Dimensions
height (actual size): 448mm
width (actual size): 320mm
width (actual size): 320mm
Inscription
Casa Niccolini. D'alabastro orientale e li manichi di metallo written in ink on the back of the drawing
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
