Base for an oil lamp Base for a lamp, On the corner at the front of the three-sided base, which rests on three forward-curling legs, is located a siren whose wings spread against the sidewalls of the foot. At the top rises the head of a wild boar, which holds its snout against the head of the siren stretched forward. The latter wears a broad band around the neck with a skull as a jewel and a slit band around her waist, including hanging acanthus leaves. These cover, in part, the front curl located beneath it, and in part the body that splits into two parts, which narrows and merges into both rear curls. On the abdomen on both sides is a winged, high-relief putto leaning forward, drinking from the siren's chest, sitting away from him, also in high relief, on one side a satyr with pan flute and on the other a satyr female with torch, playing on a pan flute. On the reverse side an inlaid oval paste after an antique example: Jupiter sitting on an eagle in front of a standing naked woman, next to whom a Cupid on a column and the inscription: Cupidus. Above the medallion, two facing putti facing each other with a date palm between them. The handle originates above, which consists of a slotted slit band, the upper part of which ends in a ram's head and the lower part ends in two volutes with a shell on the fork. Left and right below the medallion, as well as on the boar's head, a shell, a protrusion at the top on one side., Andrea Briosco (follower of), Padua, c. 1530 - c. 1539, bronze (metal), h 21.5 cm × h 18.5 cm × w 18.8 cm × d 11.0 cm
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