A copper gourd form flask - image-1

Lot 26 Dα

A copper gourd form flask

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 8.124 € (incl. premium)

A copper gourd form flask

Decorated throughout with embossed symmetrical hanging vines and a coat-of-arms (perhaps of the Piemontese family de Anso) with a grotesque mascaron beneath. The engraved handles with hooks attached to two soldered loops. H 25.5 cm.
Italy, attributed to Venice, 16th / 17th century.

Literature

Similarly decorated vessels in: Kuhnke/von Kern/Herzog-Kuhnke, Das rote Gold. Kunstwerke der Kupferschmiede, 2006, p. 216.