An Italian bronze lockplate, second half 16th century

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An Italian bronze lockplate, second half 16th century
of square outline, cast in relief with crouching figures below trophies of armour, flanked by panels of ewers above masks, the hasp lacking, with steel lock mechanism riveted to the reverse -- 7in. (17.7cm) sq
See Illustration.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Nicholas Penny, European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum, Vol.I, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1992. P.254-55.

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