Two ancient Roman cups or tazza owned by the artist Piranesi

Two ancient Roman cups or tazza owned by artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi. One with geese and ram's heads transported to Olan, the other with sphinxes found in fragments in Tivoli and restored. Copperplate engraving by Pietro Ruga after an illustration by Lorenzo Rocceggiani from his own 100 Plates of Costumes Religious, Civil and Military of the Ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks and Romans, Franzetti, Rome, 1802

100 Plates Of Costumes Religious Ancient Egyptians Civil And Military Etruscans Fragments Geese Greeks And Romans Lorenzo Rocceggiani Olan Pietro Ruga Sphinx Tazza Tivoli

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