One of a pair of Siena marble vases with campana-shaped bodies in relief with Herculean lion pelts and masks of bearded men, the rims with vine leaves on gadrooned and beaded bases
Bartolomeo Barrini
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Torre marble
Measurements
349 mm (H)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 1257600.1
Summary
Vase - One of two Torre yellow marble vases, the campana-shaped bodies carved in relief with Herculean lion pelts and masks of bearded men. The rims with vine leaves. On gadrooned and beaded bases. The marble is the same as used for the chimney-piece.
Makers and roles
Bartolomeo Barrini, sculptor