Lot 470 D α

A North Italian bronze renaissance inkwell.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 2.000 €
Result: 2.480 € (incl. premium)

A North Italian bronze renaissance inkwell.

A small container supported by three harpies and decorated with three mascarons; the lid similarly decorated with a finial formed as a putto. Copper acetate stains to the edge of the container, several holes to the thinner parts of the corpus. H 13.5 cm.
Possibly Venice, 16th C.