Bowl with Coat of Arms

ca. 1540-1550 (Renaissance)

24.5 cm 4.2 cm

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The device at the center of this bowl is likely a variation of the arms of the Chigi family of Rome but the six “mountains” as a motif was used as well by the Montini. The sprays of foliage at the sides could refer to the delle Rovere family (branches of oak leaves) who were i...

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Seligmann, Rey & Co, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1908, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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