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A Balkan silver-gilt cup
with applied shaped handle cast with two mythical beasts, the central boss decorated in repousse with a lion attacking a leopard within foliate motifs, the exterior decorated with interlocking incised panels -- 7in. (17.8cm.) wide, 19th Century, (small dents to body, minor scratches).
See Colour Plate 1.

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