Brule-parfum en forme de cerf en argent, Amerique du Sud, peut-etre Perou, XIXeme siecle

la terrasse rectangulaire reposant sur quatre pieds, le cerf, un large collier serti d'une améthyste au cou, l'antérieur droit levé, tenant un panier dans sa gueule, un putto sur son dos

on rectangular terrace on four feet, the deer with a basket in the mouth, a putto on his back

Pour un brûle-parfum similaire, voir Silberschätze aus Südamerika 1700-1900, 1981, p. 146

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