February 24, 2022 10:00 EST
The Gilded Age
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A Pair of Carved Stone Garden Urns
Italian, likely 16th century
Decorated with a scene of a procession featuring satyrs, nymphs, and children playing musical instruments and holding snakes, flanked with roaring lion's head as handles. (2).
H: 22 1/2, W: 21 1/2, D: 15 1/2 in. (approx. overall)
Provenance
Purchased in Italy by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946) for the garden of his Brooklyn Heights home, circa 1930, by repute.
Private Collection, New York.
Sold for $4,725
Estimated at $5,000 - $7,000
Decorated with a scene of a procession featuring satyrs, nymphs, and children playing musical instruments and holding snakes, flanked with roaring lion's head as handles. (2).
Provenance
Purchased in Italy by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harlan F. Stone (1872–1946) for the garden of his Brooklyn Heights home, circa 1930, by repute.
Private Collection, New York.
