Flemish Bronze Lavabo meditteranean They are able to tolerate

They are able to tolerate flames through the defence of their naturally moist skin

Sizes are maximum of each individual figure with plinths

The scale of the piece may suggest that this was a water deity mounted over the entrance portal of the water shrine

“The garden rustles with the sound of seasons changing

His right hand is raised in blessing

Flemish Bronze Lavabo meditteranean They are able to tolerateA captivating bronze Lavabo, Flemish Composed of the following parts: the kettle, the handle, the hook and the ring. The kettle consists of a flaring rim above a plain circular wonderfully patinated body cast with two inserts in the form of female heads with bonnets to each side supporting the a handle. Two spouts protrude from the sides terminating in zoomorphic shaped animal heads. A Lavabo would have been used as a domestic utensil for washing