An Italian carved Egyptian porphyry vase and cover, Rome, possibly by Silvio Calci, Rome, mid-17th century

Acquired by Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet (1817-1901) by 1901 when shortly thereafter recorded in a photograph of the Organ Room at Doughty House, Richmond;

Thence by descent, almost certainly at Doughty House at the death of Sir Herbert [Frederick] Cook, 3rd Baronet (1868-1939), Richmond;

Sold by his son Sir Francis [Ferdinand Maurice] Cook, 4th Baronet (1907-1978) after 1945;

Private Collection, France, at least since the 1970s;

By descent to the present owner.

Richard Delbrueck, Antike Porphyrwerke, Berlin, 1932, p. 200, pl.90 (ill.).

Dario del Bufalo, Porphyry, 2012, p.147, V62 (ill.).

Related Literature :

Clément Blanc-Riehl and Philippe Malgouyres, Porphyre, la pierre pourpre des Ptolémées aux Bonaparte, exhibition catalogue Paris, Louvre, November 2003-February 2004.

Marilda De Nussio e Lucrezia Ungaro, I marmi colorati della Roma imperiale, exhibition catalogue, Rome, Mercati di Traiano, 2002.