Lot Essay
A comparable powder flask is illustrated on the cover of Connaissance des Arts, no. 180, 1967
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OF 16TH CENTURY STYLE, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ITALIAN LARGE POWDER MASTER FLASK
OF 16TH CENTURY STYLE, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The body constructed of two shoulder blades and engraved with a stag hunt to one side and a lion hunt to the other, gilt metal nozzle, original fringe and carrying strap
57 cm. long
OF 16TH CENTURY STYLE, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The body constructed of two shoulder blades and engraved with a stag hunt to one side and a lion hunt to the other, gilt metal nozzle, original fringe and carrying strap
57 cm. long
Provenance
From the Rudolf von Gutmann Collection.
And thence by descent.
And thence by descent.
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