A Monumental Silver Ewer by Samuel Hayne and Dudley Carter London 1850
£ 47,500.00 make enquiry
The scenes recall two episodes of the life of Alexander the Great, probably the submission of the king of Indias Porus after the battle of the river Hydaspe and the hunt of the lion of Macedonia, this last scene figures on the sarcophagus of Alexander in the museum of Istanbul.
26 ½ inches (67cm) tall 200oz (6230g)
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