A pair of large bronze mask-and-ring door handles

17TH CENTURY

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A pair of large bronze mask-and-ring door handles
17th Century
The circular plaques chased in high relief with a large lion-head, bulbous eyes, flared nostrils with exposed flanged teeth, surrounded by tightly curled manes and six apertures below the raised rim, the oval handles suspending from the mouth, decorated in the lower section with a similar lion-mask
22 cm. diam. (2)

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