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The Annoni-Visconti Marriage Bowl
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1580
Materials: bronze
Grant:
Amount Paid: £30,000 (Total: £130,000)
Vendor: Daniel Katz Ltd
Review number: 4473 (1997)
Provenance:
Athenaeum, Monte Carol. Trinity Fine Art. C Humprhis, London. Humprhis sale, Sotheby's, New York. D Katz Ltd. Private collection, USA. Re-purchased by D Katz in 1996.
Description:
Bowl with 2 siren handles with grotesque masks beneath. Exterior has cast and chased curving foliage decoration. On one side is the shield of arms of Annoni and the letters S'GBA, on the other a similar sheild with the arms of the Visconti and S'SV.
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