Perfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze, ca. 1540–50
Perfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1540–50, The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the usual copper impurities of iron, nickel, silver, and antimony)., H. overall cm, h. of base cm, h. of middle section, including bajonet joint cm, h. of cover cm., Metalwork-Bronze, Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze (Italian, born Florence, active Padua, 1532–45), This perfume burner and are of exceptional size, complexity, and quality. Holes throughout the body of the piece as well as in the mouth and ears of the satyr would have allowed the scented smoke to escape from the interior
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