Lot 1727 D α

A rare Renaissance bronze ink well with grotesques

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
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A rare Renaissance bronze ink well with grotesques

Golden brown cast bronze with chocolate brown patina. Round, gadrooned baluster-form well supported by three winged triton-like grotesques with bearded male features and the tails and fins of fish, with female mascarons between the wings. Two legs broken off and lost (patinated). Casting flaws to the interior and egde.
Verona, workshop of Guiseppe de Levi, late 16th / early 17th C. or Venice, workshop of Niccolò Roccatagliata, early 17th C.

Provenance

Private collection, New York.
Finch & Co, London.
Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

A very similar ink well in the Palazzo di Venezia, illus. in Cannata, Museo Nazional del Palazzo Venezia, Sculture in Bronzo, Rome 2011, cat. no. 112.