Lot 164
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A FLEMISH BRONZE OIL LAMP IN THE FORM OF A GROTESQUE BEAST, after Arent van Bolten, the creature with bird-like legs and snail-like body with hinged lid, with gaping jaws (on shaped marble base), 19th Century

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A FLEMISH BRONZE OIL LAMP IN THE FORM OF A GROTESQUE BEAST, after Arent van Bolten, the creature with bird-like legs and snail-like body with hinged lid, with gaping jaws (on shaped marble base), 19th Century
6¾in. (17.1cm.) high
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
J. Leeuwenberg & W. Halsema-Kubes, Beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1973, no.220
New York, Rosenberg & Stiebel, A Bronze Bestiary, 1985, nos. 9 & 10

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