Giant Mythological Terracotta Urn with Winged Satyrs Masks

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Giant Mythological Terracotta Urn with Winged Satyrs MasksThe largest and most fabulous terracotta Urn we have ever found! This incredible 20th Century single piece features classical figures, Putti, rams and a phoenix adorning a deep frieze carved with a mythological bas relief. A fluted loop handle rises from winged satyrs' heads terminals on either side of the carved base, standing on a spreading gadrooned base surmounted by a wrapped laurel wreath circle. Its huge scale would make it ideal for a central

The reverse retains clear hand tooling and a gentle curvature

the King’s Physician

A charming rendition of the Greek Hellenistic Praying Boy of Rhodes 300 BC

A perfectly patinated

was discovered in 1862 in the archeological excavation of Pompeii

or reimagined as a water feature bubbling away

Typically of early Celtic heads it is not capped with hair

Featuring a Devil’s face

symbol of his Epistles

celebrating the noble citron

With deep expressive carving and traces of original polychrome

A decadent and historical pair of 20th Century interpretations of the Richard Roberts George II chair used as a ceremonial Royal Throne in 1729