Pair of Capodimonte Type Porcelain Urns Bronze Mounts
Auction Date: April 14, 2023
Estimate: Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for: $461
Lot: 59
Continental, probably Italian.
Circa 1880.
The tapering cylindrical vasiform urns with stepped shoulders, with elaborate Baroque style gilt-bronze mounts to neck, sides, and forming the foot over the squared base. Inverted grape cluster knops. Painted and printed in polychrome enamels with scenes after the antique, within shaped cartouches reserved on the magenta grounds, below a band of bas relief zig-zag and meandering vines.
Marks not visible due to manner of mounting.
Approximate dimensions: 15 high x 9 wide x 5 inches diameter..
Condition: Minor wear to enamels and gilding, patina to bronze some minor chipping to porcelain. Both urns are loose in mounts.