A RUSSIAN PATINATED-BRONZE AND GREEN PORPHYRY TAZZA, CIRCA 1800

A RUSSIAN PATINATED-BRONZE AND GREEN PORPHYRY TAZZA
CIRCA 1800
The moulded circular basin supported on a figure of Hercules and an integral circular base, inventory label M212
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 17 ¾ in. (45 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Acquired by Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Marquis of Douglas and later 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852), possibly in Russia, when Ambassador in St Petersburg, circa 1807.
Thence by descent to William, 12th Duke of Hamilton (d. 1895), Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire; sold Christie's, London, 17 June-20 July 1882, lot 660, £630 to 'Duncan' (Christopher Beckett Denison).
Christopher Beckett Denison, Upper Grosvenor Street, W1; sold Christie's, London, 12 June 1885, lot 807 where bought by George Sinclair for William James for £294.
During Edward James's life this tazza was in the Top Corridor at Monkton House.