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LOT 2023

Engraved Bronze Piriform Flask

18TH CENTURY A.D.

7 1/2 in. (709 grams, 19 cm).

Composed of a trumpet-style neck and mouth and slightly splayed pedestal foot, arcading to the underside of the mouth, hammered geometric panels around the circumference with engraved geometric fill.

Provenance

Acquired on the UK art market, 2000s.
Property of a Suffolk gentleman.

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LOT 2023

Engraved Bronze Piriform Flask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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