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