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A late 19th century French gilt bronze and silvered Nef style pedestal bowl
A late 19th century French gilt bronze and silvered Nef style pedestal bowl formed as a truncated galleon, the scrolling bow with bucrania figurehead surmounted by a putto holding its horns, the stern with grotesque mask rudder, the tiller operated by a further standing putto, the flagged mask with billowing sail, the whole supported on a foaming wave pedestal and raised on an elaborate twin seahorse and twin oval cartouche and and dolphin mask footed base, 55cm high, 29cm wide, 22cm deep For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
A late 19th century French gilt bronze and silvered Nef style pedestal bowl formed as a truncated galleon, the scrolling bow with bucrania figurehead surmounted by a putto holding its horns, the stern with grotesque mask rudder, the tiller operated by a further standing putto, the flagged mask with billowing sail, the whole supported on a foaming wave pedestal and raised on an elaborate twin seahorse and twin oval cartouche and and dolphin mask footed base, 55cm high, 29cm wide, 22cm deep For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing