Large copper offering or ceremonial dish with repoussé and engraved decoration. The umbilicus centered on a female face in a foliage scroll, the basin adorned with scales and the wing decorated with a rotating frieze featuring alternately Diana on her chariot pulled by stags, Hercules holding the club and clad in the skin of the Nemean lion on his chariot pulled by two lions and Medea on her chariot pulled by two snakes between three motifs featuring two putti on a stylized fountain in scrolls ending with pomegranates. 16th century (diameter 39 cm)

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