Oval with undulating rim, the body cast and chased with scrolls, rocaille, and shells centering scenes of merpeople, dolphins, and putti, one end with a fully modeled nymph draped in fishing nets and holding two fish aloft, the other end with a putto gripping a serpent, raised on a conforming domed base chased with scrolls and flowers, marked on underside
18¹⁄₄ in. (46.3 cm.) long
141 oz. 2 dwt. (4,388 gr.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 17 November 1998, lot 67.

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