42. A Giustiniani creamware vase, cover and stand, circa 1830 The ovoid vase with a short neck and three handles, on a stand with three Egyptian-style winged bust supports wearing a Nemes headdress on a tripod stand on a circular base, the cover surmounted by a figure of Hermes, decorated in red-figure style, with Greek-style borders, 66cm high, impressed "G" to base of stand (3) Provenance Italian private collection Based on a Greek Lebes Gamkikos, or ceremonial marriage vase.