Property of a Gentleman
A Roman Marble Cinerary Vase, 1st Century A.D.
Auction Closed
July 4, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
A Roman Marble Cinerary Vase
1st Century A.D.
with splayed foot, the body carved in front with a rectangular panel of inscription left blank above two confronted griffins flanking a candelabrum, on each side with a mask of bearded Dionysos crowned with a wreath of ivy leaves and berries, and on the back with a sprig of ivy growing from a calyx of acanthus radiating from the splayed foot, the domed lid decorated with radiating overlapping leaves and surmounted by a lion devouring its prey; the lion's hindquarters restored.
Height 43 cm.
European private collection, 18th Century (based on restoration techniques)
probably Daniel Gurney, FSA, archaeologist and banker (1791-1880), North Runcton Hall, Norfolk
by descent to his son, Sir Somerville Gurney (1837-1917)
to his daughter Mabel Gurney, Lady Curtis who married Sir William Curtis, 4th Bt. (1859-1916)
certainly Constance Mabel Curtis (d.1953), their daughter, who married Lionel Harrisson
by descent to her grand daughter (Sotheby's, London, July 3rd, 2018, no. 37)
acquired by the current owner at the above sale
probably Daniel Gurney, FSA, archaeologist and banker (1791-1880), North Runcton Hall, Norfolk
by descent to his son, Sir Somerville Gurney (1837-1917)
to his daughter Mabel Gurney, Lady Curtis who married Sir William Curtis, 4th Bt. (1859-1916)
certainly Constance Mabel Curtis (d.1953), their daughter, who married Lionel Harrisson
by descent to her grand daughter (Sotheby's, London, July 3rd, 2018, no. 37)
acquired by the current owner at the above sale
For related lion finials on cinerary urns in the Archaeological Museum in Aquileia see V. Santa Maria Scrinari, Museo archeologico di Aquileia. Catalogo delle sculture romane, 1972, nos. 315, 316, and 319-321, all dated in the 1st Century A.D.
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