Crater with Acanthus Leaves with a Modern Foot on an Unrelated Antique Base
Crater with Acanthus Leaves with a Modern Foot on an Unrelated Antique Base
Among the most expensive and valuable antique marble furnishings there are vases: often of considerable size and with the most common shape of the chalice crater, as in the Torlonia case. The vases were used in villas for setting up interior spaces, but also for the decoration of horti urbani, peristyles and gardens. The Torlonia crater has handles in the shape of sea monsters and rests on a modern support decorated with three leogriffs. The ancient base shows a decoration with two fighting gryphons, separated by a candelabra. The base is the twin of the base of the crater with Dionysian thiasos. The similarity of the two Albani bases suggests the origin of both from the same workshop.
Inventory: MT 419; Marble Crater with a Dionysian Thiasos with a Modern Foot on an Unrelated Antique Base MT 421
Material: White marble
Technique: Work sculpted through the use of: chisels (also square-tipped and toothed) rasps
Dating: Imperial age
Origin: Villa Albani
Crater with Acanthus Leaves with a Modern Foot on an Unrelated Antique Base
Among the most expensive and valuable antique marble furnishings there are vases: often of considerable size and with the most common shape of the chalice crater, as in the Torlonia case. The vases were used in villas for setting up interior spaces, but also for the decoration of horti urbani, peristyles and gardens. The Torlonia crater has handles in the shape of sea monsters and rests on a modern support decorated with three leogriffs. The ancient base shows a decoration with two fighting gryphons, separated by a candelabra. The base is the twin of the base of the crater with Dionysian thiasos. The similarity of the two Albani bases suggests the origin of both from the same workshop.
Inventory: MT 419; Marble Crater with a Dionysian Thiasos with a Modern Foot on an Unrelated Antique Base MT 421
Material: White marble
Technique: Work sculpted through the use of: chisels (also square-tipped and toothed) rasps
Dating: Imperial age
Origin: Villa Albani