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One of a pair of white solid marble vases, baluster-shaped with a detachable cover at the top (NT 772412.2.2). The vase is decorated throughout, mainly with gadrooning, acanthus and stylised palmettes. The form and decoration of the vase and its pair are loosely based on the Medici Vase, a bronze reproduction of which is at Osterley (NT 771969.2). The main fields are occupied by marine scenes carved in relief. On one side an ichthyocentaur, holding a basket of shells and coral, with a nymph riding on his back, at the left is a triton with rudder and dolphin, at the right is a winged putto riding a dolphin. On the other side, a triton holds a nymph whose draperies fly behind her, at the right another triton blows a conch. At each side is a handle in the form of inverted acanthus shoots, terminating in female heads.

National Trust, Osterley Park

Isleworth

Title

Vase with Marine Scenes

Date

c.1750–1780

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 71 x W 46 x D 46 cm

Accession number

772412.2.1

Acquisition method

purchased from George Child-Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey (1910–1998) by HM Government in 1949 for the Nation and vested in the Victoria and Albert Museum; transferred to the National Trust, 2002