Antique Ewer with a Handle in the Shape of a Merman, a Nautical Motifs with Dolphins and Tridents and a Bovine Skull, from "Series of Vases after the Antique"
Enea Vico Italian
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Antique ewer with a handle in the shape of a merman oriented towards the right. The body of the ewer is decorated with two friezes, the upper frieze containing nautical motifs including dolphins and tridents, and the lower decorated with a bovine skull flanked by two horned sheep masks. From a series of vase designs after the Antique, first published by Enea Vico in 1543, and later included in a composite series with other designs by Agostino Veneziano by Antonio Lafreri dated circa 1573 based on its presence in Lafreri’s catalogue.
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