Medici Vase And Pedestal is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Monument.

Medici Vase And Pedestal

WRENN ID
forbidden-rampart-willow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Country
England
Date first listed
22 June 1987
Type
Monument
Source
Historic England listing

Description

In the entry for:-

HENDERSKELFE BROAD WALK SE 7170 (east end) 11/34 Castle Howard Medici Vase and pedestal GV II

The grade shall be amended to read II* (star)


HENDERSKELFE BROAD WALK SE 7170 (east end) Castle Howard 11/34 Medici Vase and pedestal GV II Medici vase and the pedestal on which it stands. Purchased 1778. Vase made by the Coade Company in Coade stone on sandstone base. Approximately 3.5 metres in height. Waterleaf enrichment to pedestal base. Sunk panels, one bearing Latin inscription, the other 3 with antique medallions. Moulded cornice carrying copy of Medici Vase decorated with figures representing the sacrifice of Iphigenia. Original: Cl AD now in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Haskell F and Penny N, Taste and the Antique, 1981, p 316. HBMC, Register of Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England, Part 32, North Yorkshire: Castle Howard, Grade 1.

Listing NGR: SE7187070102

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