拍品专文
For similar and a discussion on Venetian handles see Nicholas Penny, Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum,. vol 1. Nos. 186-189.
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PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
细节
A PAIR OF VENETIAN BRONZE DOOR HANDLES MODELLED AS CLASSICAL BUSTS
PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
One modelled as Bacchus the other a Roman Emperor both with iron projecting prongs at the rear on later ebonised plinths
taller 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high excluding plinth
And a Venetian bronze door knocker in the form of a mermaid on perspex stand -- 6 in. (15.5 cm.) high (3)
PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
One modelled as Bacchus the other a Roman Emperor both with iron projecting prongs at the rear on later ebonised plinths
taller 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high excluding plinth
And a Venetian bronze door knocker in the form of a mermaid on perspex stand -- 6 in. (15.5 cm.) high (3)