AN ITALIAN ROSSO ANTICO GRAND TOUR MARBLE INKWELL AFTER THE ANTIQUE, MID-19TH CENTURY in the form of a Roman bath, with lionhead masks to each side and on lion paw feet, the wells with foliate carved domed covers (possibly later), on a verde antiquo marble base 23.5cm high, 19.5cm wide, 9cm deep Catalogue Note The Roman original from the Baths of Caracalla is now a fountain in the Piazza Farnese in Rome.

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