Antique Lidded Vase with Two Handles emerging from the Heads of Hybrid Female Sphinxes, from Vases after the Antique, ca, 1543–1573, Engraving [second state], Image: 11 x 8 1/16 in. (28 x 20.4 cm) [cropped within plate marks on all sides], Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), 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 catalogue
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Antique Lidded Vase, Two Handles emerging, Heads, Hybrid Female Sphinxes, Vases, Antique, ca, 1543–1573, Engraving, second state, Image, 11 x 8 1/16, 28 20.4 cm, cropped within plate marks, sides, Enea Vico, Italian, Parma, 1523–1567, Ferrara, lidded, vase, two handles, emerging, heads, hybrid female, sphinxes, tails, curled, hold up, garland suspended, mask, shape, horned bull, series, vase designs, first published, 1543, later included, composite series, designs, Agostino Veneziano, Antonio Lafreri, dated, circa, 1573, based, presence, Lafreri, catalogue
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