ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF SEVERO CALZETTA DA RAVENNA (active c.1496-c.1543) AN ITALIAN BRONZE FIGURAL INKWELL
circa 1500, probably Padua, with three cherubs supporting a shell-shaped bowl on figured dolphin supports, the triangular base with moulded frieze on lions paw feet, 19cm high x 23cm wide
Provenance: The Schubert Antichita Gallery, Milan.
The Giorgio Corsi Collection, Italy.
A private collection, Italy.
Estimate: |
£8,000 - £12,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
Note: A comparison, with similar base and feet, can be seen in ‘Atlas Supporting the Globe of Heaven’, at the Frick Collection, 1915.2.24. The shell-shaped bowl utilised again in the figure of a Sea Monster, in the Metropolitan Museum, 25.142.7.