A large pair of Italian Majolica Istoriato vases, 19th century, both with handles formed as entwined snakes issuing from a mask, painted in colours with oval reserves, one vase depicting Tarquin and Lucretia and a battle scene verso, the other Coriolanus, Act V, scene III and a biblical scene verso, height 60 cm. Provenance: Bonhams, Sydney, 'Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax', 22 September 2019, lot 240. Private Collection, Sydney, acquired from the above