Antique Lidded Urn with Hybrid Male Sphinxes and a Female Mask on the Body, from "Vases after the Antique"

Enea Vico Italian

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Antique lidded urn with hybrid male sphinxes on either side of the body of the vessel, supporting the lid. Suspended between them is a richly filled garland of fruits and flowers. Above the garland a mask in the shape of a female head with a turban is depicted. 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.

Antique Lidded Urn with Hybrid Male Sphinxes and a Female Mask on the Body, from "Vases after the Antique", Enea Vico (Italian, Parma 1523–1567 Ferrara), Engraving; first or second state

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