A VENETIAN BRONZE INKWELL OF CUPID SEATED, from the workshop of Nicolò Roccatagliata, the putto with a finger to his lips indicating silence, holding a seashell on his knee, on a tripartite base (some casting flaws to head; quiver lacking), late 16th or early 17th Century

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A VENETIAN BRONZE INKWELL OF CUPID SEATED, from the workshop of Nicolò Roccatagliata, the putto with a finger to his lips indicating silence, holding a seashell on his knee, on a tripartite base (some casting flaws to head; quiver lacking), late 16th or early 17th Century
6½in. (16.5cm. ) high
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer, Vienna, 1921, figs. 667-673, 675-677

拍品專文

The charming and rare composition of this inkwell is typical of Roccatagliata and his workshop (cf. Planiscig, op.cit.).
A very similar example was sold Sotheby's, 7th December 1989, lot 91