UNKNOWN MASTER, Italian
(active in 1520s in Padua)

Ornamental Bowl with Snakes

1520s
Bronze, height 33 cm, diameter 62 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The classic shape of the cooling vessel can be traced back to ancient examples. The ornamentation, as well as the figural frieze with its nereids, tritons and sea centaurs, was also inspired by antique sources.