Lot Essay
Planiscig, Riccio, fig. 386, p. 332
Details
A BRONZE INKSTAND IN THE FORM OF A KNEELING SATYR
WORKSHOP OF SEVERO CALZETTA DA RAVENNA, PADUAN, 16TH CENTURY
The leering figure brandishing a separately cast club in his raised left hand, an inkpot formed as a shell in his right, mounted on a triangular base supported on paw feet ----- 10¾in. (27.3cm.) high, brown patina with black lacquer
WORKSHOP OF SEVERO CALZETTA DA RAVENNA, PADUAN, 16TH CENTURY
The leering figure brandishing a separately cast club in his raised left hand, an inkpot formed as a shell in his right, mounted on a triangular base supported on paw feet ----- 10¾in. (27.3cm.) high, brown patina with black lacquer
Literature
L. Planiscig, Andrea Riccio, Vienna, 1927, p. 332, fig. 386
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, 'Severo Calzetta da Ravena: New Discoveries', in Studien zum Europäischen Kunsthardwerk: Festschrift Yvonne Hackenbroch, Munich, 1983, pp. 107-122 (reprinted in C. Avery, Studies in European Sculpture, Vol. II, London, 1988, figs. 5-21)
C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, 'Severo Calzetta da Ravena: New Discoveries', in Studien zum Europäischen Kunsthardwerk: Festschrift Yvonne Hackenbroch, Munich, 1983, pp. 107-122 (reprinted in C. Avery, Studies in European Sculpture, Vol. II, London, 1988, figs. 5-21)