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Hand Bell with the Strozzi Arms

Anonymous, Italian school
16th cent.
Hand Bell with the Strozzi Arms
Italy, 16th century.
Bronze.
height: 5 7/8 inches (148 mm); diameter: 3 1/2 inches (90 mm)
AZ061
Provenance
Strozzi family by descent to Piero Strozzi (1855-1907), Villa del Boschetto, Florence; Jacques Seligmann (1858-1923), Paris; from whom acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan ca. 1908 (as Giambologna).
Summary
Bell is decorated with swags of fruits and leaves and allegorical horned faces.
Classification
School
Department