Mirror frame of palm wood with carved decorations including grotesques, volutes, satyrs, a basilisk and a triton, flowers and tendrils and masks, Mirror frame of carved palm wood with grotesques on a roughly gilded ground. The left and right outer frame consist of volutes on which a halved vase and bunches of fruit, at the top two satyrs, at the bottom a basilisk and a triton. At the bottom flowers and tendrils, between which three satyrs. The top shows a border with grotesques, earcup motifs and two male figures, to crown a mask flanked by a pinna motif and volute-shaped acanthus leaves with masks., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, 1540 - 1560, wood (plant material), boxwood, gilding (material), looking glasses, amalgam, gilding, h 66.0 cm × w 50 cm × d 4.5 cm
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Mirror frame, palm wood, carved decorations, grotesques, volutes, satyrs, basilisk, triton, flowers, tendrils, masks, carved palm wood, roughly gilded ground, left, right outer frame consist, halved vase, bunches, fruit, top two satyrs, bottom, bottom flowers, three satyrs, top, border, earcup motifs, two male figures, crown, mask flanked, pinna motif, volute-shaped acanthus leaves, Southern Netherlands, 1540, 1560, wood, plant material, boxwood, gilding, material, looking glasses, amalgam
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