Pair of covered porphyry urns, molded and carved,... Lot 25

Pair of covered porphyry urns, molded and carved, in the form of a panelled baluster, decorated with two scrolled geminated handles, the lower part with twisted flutes, resting on a pedestal, the lids surmounted by a round flattened knob. Probably a Roman work of the Louis XIV period. Height : 53cm 53cm Width : 45cm (accidents and restorations, the lids probably reported). Bibliography : " Porphyry. Red Imperial. Power and Religion" by Dario Del Bufalo. Turin, Allemandi publisher, 2012, p. 145, ref. V.50 Analogies: - A pair of urns of the same spirit, Paris, Christie's sale, December 7, 2005, lot 83 (former Randon de Boisset collection, his sale in Paris, February 27, 1777, no. 439). Roman work of the Louis XIV period. - An urn of a similar model but smaller and not fluted, Kohn sale, Hôtel Drouot, 7 June 2007, lot 21. Italy 18th century. - A drawing kept in the Louvre Museum (RF36716-88-folio 85) by Giovanni Angelo Canini (1609-1666) showing a vase of the same spirit as ours (one of the vases acquired by the Cardinal de Richelieu in 1633).