"Sacred to Neptune" Water Ewer with a Triton Handle
after 1780
Artists
Description
Triton at neck of ewer is grasping fins of sea monster; garlands of aquatic foliage in relief around body of ewer; circle of leaves across center; pointed leaves at lower half of body; square plinth with relief design of vines.
Dimensions
40.3 x 20.9 x 16.5 cm (15 7/8 x 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
[Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1914, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1914.
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