A PAIR OF SPANISH GOLD-DAMASCENED FORGED-IRON VASES
A PAIR OF SPANISH GOLD-DAMASCENED FORGED-IRON VASES

TOLEDO, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF SPANISH GOLD-DAMASCENED FORGED-IRON VASES
TOLEDO, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with scrolling foliage, each twin-handled vase centred to the front and reverse with a bust of a Moor, on a spreading circular socle
5½ in. (14 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A domed box of similar execution and quality cast in relief with clementinos, or Moor busts, is illustrated in J. Lavin, The Art and Tradition of the Zuloagas: Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection, Oxford, 1997, p. 199.

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