Perfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1540–50, The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the usual copper impurities of iron, nickel, silver, and antimony)., H. overall 46.5 cm, h. of base 6.9 cm, h. of middle section, including bajonet joint 15.1 cm, h. of cover 25.7 cm., Metalwork-Bronze, Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze (Italian, born Florence, active Padua, 1532–45), This perfume burner and are of exceptional size, complexity, and quality. Holes throughout the body of the piece as well as in the mouth and ears of the satyr would have allowed the scented smoke to escape from the interior
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Perfume Burner Surmounted, Satyr, ca, 1540–50, cover, body, binary bronze, copper, tin, traces, zinc, iron, nickel, silver, antimony, foot, cast, brass, copperzinc alloy, minor amounts, lead, usual copper impurities, H, overall 46.5 cm, h, base 6.9, middle section, bajonet joint 15.1, cover 25.7, Metalwork-Bronze, Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze, Italian, born Florence, active Padua, 1532–45, perfume, burner, exceptional size, complexity, quality, Holes, piece, well, mouth, ears, satyr, allowed, scented smoke, escape, interior
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