A BRONZE INKPOT AND COVER

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A BRONZE INKPOT AND COVER
VENETIAN, MID-16TH CENTURY

The cover surmounted with a winged dragon above female masks, the inkwell similarly decorated on tripod dragon support
6 1/8in. (15.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

The workmanship is comparable to the covered inkstand in the Abbott Guggenheim Collection (see L. Camins, Renaissance & Baroque Bronzes from the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, San Francisco, 1988, cat no. 20, p. 64.)