Antique Lidded Vase with Two Handles emerging from the Heads of Hybrid Female Sphinxes, from Vases after the Antique 1543 or after Enea Vico Italian Antique lidded vase with two handles emerging from the heads of hybrid female sphinxes. The tails of the sphinxes are curled and hold up a garland suspended from a mask in the shape of a horned bull. From a series of vase designs after the Antique, first published by Enea Vico in 1543, and later included in a composite series with other designs by Agostino Veneziano by Antonio Lafreri dated circa 1573 based on its presence in Lafreri’s
Antique Lidded Vase with Two Handles emerging from the Heads of Hybrid Female Sphinxes, from Vases after the Antique 1543 or after Enea Vico Italian Antique lidded vase with two handles emerging from the heads of hybrid female sphinxes. The tails of the sphinxes are curled and hold up a garland suspended from a mask in the shape of a horned bull. From a series of vase designs after the Antique, first published by Enea Vico in 1543, and later included in a composite series with other designs by Agostino Veneziano by Antonio Lafreri dated circa 1573 based on its presence in Lafreri’s Antique Lidded Vase with Two Handles emerging from the Heads of Hybrid Female Sphinxes, from Vases after the Antique 397608
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