Lot Essay
Based on a monumental fountain in the Patio de los Leones, Alhambra, Granada, Spain (circa 1100), (see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art of Medieval Spain, exh. cat., New York, 1993, pp. 72, 83).
VENETIAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE
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A STONE MORTAR
VENETIAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE
Carved with beasts bearing armorial shields above a geometric carved vessel supported by recumbent lions
5½in. (14cm.) high, 8¼in. (21cm.) diameter
VENETIAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE
Carved with beasts bearing armorial shields above a geometric carved vessel supported by recumbent lions
5½in. (14cm.) high, 8¼in. (21cm.) diameter