A ROMAN MARBLE CINERARY URN CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D., THE SOCLE AND COVER PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
With a foliate finial and domed leaf-carved cover with pearled rim, above a gadrooned bulbous body with twin handles and laurel border, on a fluted spreading circular socle and square plinth base
211⁄2 in. (55 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Distillers Company, acquired for 20 St James's Square, London, prior to 1938.
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With a foliate finial and domed leaf-carved cover with pearled rim, above a gadrooned bulbous body with twin handles and laurel border, on a fluted spreading circular socle and square plinth base
211⁄2 in. (55 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Distillers Company, acquired for 20 St James's Square, London, prior to 1938.