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October 6, 2016 04:00 PMCalender
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British School, 18th Century Two Engravings of Rhyton Cups (Animal Head Vessels)

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Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2940BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 07, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

British School, 18th Century

Two Engravings of Rhyton Cups (Animal Head Vessels)
Unsigned.
Engravings on paper, signed sizes 7 x 10 in. (18.0 x 25.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frames.

N.B. Likely taken from or after engravings in Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton, His Britannick Maiesty's envoy extraordinary at the Court of Naples by William Hamilton (British, 1751-1801) and Pierre François Hugues, chevalier de Hancarville (French, after 1719-c. 1790),published in Naples, 1766-67, four volumes.
Estimate $150-200


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