Design for a Vase Clock in Egyptian Style, Luigi Righetti, Italian, 1780 - 1819, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, watercolor, graphite on paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for a vase clock intended to be executed in green and gilded bronze, and white and red marble. Two pairs of columns standing upon a base support an architrave, upon which two sphinxes are lying, supporting the clock; two urns stand at the outsides. Before the inner columns stand two Egyptian male figures, a circular altar in the center. Plan view below elevation, scale at bottom., Rome, Italy, ca. 1800, timepieces


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