Gunpowder horn

unknown1722/1722

Civic Museums of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia, Italy

Ox horn flask, closed at the bottom by a carved cherry wood cap, decorated with a complex series of carvings depicting scenes with animals and plants (flowering branches, ears of corn, trees, eagles, lions), a wall and landscapes (mountains of three flowering peaks).

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Title: Gunpowder horn
Creator: unknown
Date: 1722/1722
Location: Musei Civici di Reggio Emilia
Photographer: Carlo Vannini
Period: XVIII century
Bibliography: L.G.BOCCIA, Armi antiche delle raccolte civiche reggiane, Reggio emilia 1984, p.32, n.75
Provenance: Central Italy
Type: Etnic handmade
Medium: Wood

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