Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . Hi / > Bronze Inkstand ) 88-1—Sixteenth Century It ^ Circular form, supported on a tripod formed by three winged/ angel caryatides terminating in lions paws. The cover, withmolded rim, is decorated with three festoons of fruits and Leavesseparated by three angels heads. The handle in the center ofthe cover is formed as a rampant lion supported on an ovalscrolled and rocailled cartouche containing the arms of theMedici family. He
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . Hi / > Bronze Inkstand ) 88-1—Sixteenth Century It ^ Circular form, supported on a tripod formed by three winged/ angel caryatides terminating in lions paws. The cover, withmolded rim, is decorated with three festoons of fruits and Leavesseparated by three angels heads. The handle in the center ofthe cover is formed as a rampant lion supported on an ovalscrolled and rocailled cartouche containing the arms of theMedici family. Height, N7S inches by 7 incites. V. i • r * < —Sixteenth Century Italian Bronze Bell Hell with handle. The exterior is richly decorated, in low relief,with festoons, human figures and foliage and with two coats-of-arnis of the Medici family. The handle is formed as a dancinghoy. Height, Si , 886- [an Bronze Inkstand/ 887- -Sixteenth Century VexetlCircular bowl-shaped form, with molded rim, supported on atripod formed as three standing eagles with outstretched wings. Height, 4 inches; width, 71/-) inches. -Sixteenth Century Bronze Bexit^r by Jacopo Sansovino3^emicircular shell-shaped holy-water font, in bronze, having a coat-of-arms in the center flanked by angels heads in relief. Above is a figure in bas-relief of the Madonna holding the Infant Christ in her lap. The whole is mounted on a rectangular panel of wood inlaid in a geometrical patterning. 8!/4 inches by -1% inches. 888—Fourteenth Century Italian Enameled and Gilded,v Bronze Reliquary ^j /^^^.^^^i^*^ Octagonal relic holder of cut rock-crystal surmounted by apinnacle cover in gilded bronze. On a curved stem, with knopand hexagonal molded base enriched with six medallionsenameled with a Crucifix, heads of saints and the coat-of-armsof the Delia Bella family. An inscription in Gothic charactersaround the base giv
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