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Bronze Art Nouveau Medusa Bowl with Scroll Handles

Regular price: $410.00
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Sale price: $410.00

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A striking Art Nouveau bronze bowl featuring dramatic scrolling handles and a finely cast Medusa roundel at its center. Heavy in hand and rich with sculptural presence, the piece reflects the organic curves and mythological symbolism that defined European Art Nouveau metalwork at the turn of the century.

The bowl’s sweeping looped handles lend movement and balance to the form, while the central Medusa medallion introduces a classical motif associated with protection, power, and transformation. Encircling the relief is an engraved decorative border that further emphasizes the piece’s architectural symmetry and refined craftsmanship.

With its warm aged bronze patina and substantial weight, the bowl carries the feeling of an object designed equally for utility and display.

Collectors Notes

This is the sort of object that instantly anchors a surface. The combination of mythological imagery, sculptural handles, and weighty bronze construction gives it the presence of a true decorative object rather than a simple serving bowl.

The Medusa motif became especially popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as designers revisited classical antiquity through the flowing lens of Art Nouveau. Pieces like this feel equally at home alongside Viennese Secessionist works, French bronze desk objects, or Italian neoclassical interiors.

Beautiful styled as a centerpiece, vide-poche, or catchall for wrapped candies, citrus, matchbooks, or collected desk objects. It also works wonderfully on a cocktail table or library shelf where the bronze develops even more warmth over time.

A compelling piece for collectors of Art Nouveau design, classical revival motifs, and sculptural decorative arts.

Dimensions

8 x 3"

Shipping

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