Flemish Bronze Lavabo meditteranean The censer was made for

The censer was made for religious use

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

marks and darkening expected from long service beside the fire

The charming work is painted in oil on copper

Flemish Bronze Lavabo meditteranean The censer was made forA 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