A copper gourd form flask
A copper gourd form flask
Decorated throughout with embossed symmetrical hanging vines and a coat-of-arms (perhaps of the Piemontese family de Anso) with a grotesque mascaron beneath. The engraved handles with hooks attached to two soldered loops. H 25.5 cm.
Italy, attributed to Venice, 16th / 17th century.
Literature
Similarly decorated vessels in: Kuhnke/von Kern/Herzog-Kuhnke, Das rote Gold. Kunstwerke der Kupferschmiede, 2006, p. 216.
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A copper gourd form flask
Decorated throughout with embossed symmetrical hanging vines and a coat-of-arms (perhaps of the Piemontese family de Anso) with a grotesque mascaron beneath. The engraved handles with hooks attached to two soldered loops. H 25.5 cm.
Italy, attributed to Venice, 16th / 17th century.
Literature
Similarly decorated vessels in: Kuhnke/von Kern/Herzog-Kuhnke, Das rote Gold. Kunstwerke der Kupferschmiede, 2006, p. 216.
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