AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN

Lot 1
06.04.2023 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 25 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 929095
Lot 1 | AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT EWER AND BASIN
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 9 000
The circular basin chased and engraved to the border depicting battle scenes between merpeople, hippocampi, birds, and other mythical creatures, the center depicting a similar battle between humans and merpeople centering the emblem of the Medici family, the vase-form ewer similarly decorated and with acanthus and grotesque mask borders, with serpent-form loop handle, marked on rim of basin and foot of ewer, and with French import mark
235/8 in. (60 cm.) diameter, the basin; 151/4 in. (38.5 cm.) high, the ewer
110 oz. 8 dwt. (3,433 gr.)
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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23.03.2023 – 06.04.2023
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