Bronzes / Brass /Pewter etc, Miscellaneous >> Mid 19th C Bronze Urn or Tazza

A mid-19th C bronze vase or tazza, the well detailed urn  with an egg and dart rolled over rim shading a band of vines, the body decorated with masks, torches, and leopard skin drapery and above the underside of the bowl with leaf decoration, the whole resting on a gadrooned socle, and dark red marble plinth finished in brass. 

The vase set with handles formed as twisting vine stalks, which flow into the vines on the body.

"Very well decorated and cast, in good condition and original patination throughout"

H: 9"
W: 11 1/2" 
D: 8"

Date c 1850