Code: 12864
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After The Antique - A fine qualiy 19th century Italian Grand Tour Souvenir bronze ‘Askos’ after the antique Roman original excavated at Herculaneum and now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
An Askos was a Roman pouring vessel for wine or milk. This version has a sinuous foliate decorated handle terminating with a winged putto standing on a scallop shell, the gadrooned rim surmounted by two detailed goats.
An identical example can be found illustrated in the Chiurazzi Foundry catalogue. Italian, circa 1860.
