Emperor Touscan Vase - Impruneta Florence terracotta

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Emperor Touscan Vase - Impruneta Florence terracotta

Code number: 2497

Condition: New

Large empire vase.
The cap, imposing, with considerable momentum, is surmounted by a sphere. The vase has two beautiful festoons of leaves supported by two lion heads. A large ring band, a round of acanthus leaves in the lower part and a crown of ocelli in the base all together make it one of the most beautiful empire vases.

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Height	38.19 in	97 cm
Weight	77.16 lbs	35 Kg
Square base	13.19 in X 13.19 in	33,5 X 33,5 cm
Outer diameter	16.93 in	43 cm
Internal diameter	15.35 in	39 cm
Maximum width	19.69 in	50 cm
Manufacturing	Made in Tuscany (Italy)
Material	Terracotta

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Lions heads and festoni
Villa La Tana, Bagno a Ripoli (Firenze) - (Peruzzi family from 1.200 to 1.800)
Villa di Poggio a Caiano (Prato) - (Lorenzo il Magnifico / Elisa Baciocchi, Napoleone sister)

Great Vase empire with festoons, lion heads and ball on the cap.
This ancient historic pot is present and visible:

Facade of Villa La Tana in Bagno a Ripoli (Florence) - (Peruzzi family From 13th to the 19th centuries).
Facade of Villa di Poggio a Caiano (Prato) - (Lorenzo the Magnificent / Elisa Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte).
We find it also mentioned in the "Memories of Architecture" of 1899, edited in Florence, as a "E" vase in the garden of Palazzo Serristori on the homonymous Lungarno.
We also saw several specimens in the Villa Guicciardini of Lucignano.