C19th Grand Tour bronze reduction, after the antique, of The Warwick Vase.
A finely cast C19th Grand Tour bronze reduction, after the antique, of The Warwick Vase. 
The Rim with egg and dart moulding above the waisted body with intertwined grape vines and crisply sculpted faces of Bacchus, Roman Gods and a lion pelt, flanked by a pair of intertwined vine handles.
Raised on turned and moulded socle. All mounted on a Rosso marble base with chamfered edge and ormolu plinth. In excellent original condition with a good brown patina. French Circa 1860. 11.25" high x 13.5" wide x 9.25" deep.
 
The Antique marble original believed to date from the 2nd Century CE, was rediscovered at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli in 1771 by the Scottish antiquarian and art dealer, Gavin Hamilton.
Who after restoration, shipped the fully restored vase to his elder nephew, George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick.
There it resided until it was sold in London in 1978 and purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Warwick Vase was declared an object of national importance,
and an export license was delayed.
Matching funds were raised, and, as it was not of sufficient archaeological value for the British Museum, it found a home at the Burrell Collection, Glasgow.