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In Venice they were located in the Arsenal (from the late 15th until the 19th century. The object came to the museum through the Salting bequest. George Salting (b. 1836; d. 1909) - an Australian, who settled in England - was a prolific collector in a number of areas, including Chinese and Japanese ceramics and European art. By 1874 his collection had outgrown his residence in St. James's Street, prompting him to lend items to the South Kensington Museum. After his death in 1909, the majority of this astonishing collection passed to the V&A, where it was shown in its own galleries.","physicalDescription":"Vase-shaped mortar with recessed lip and handles in the form of foliate scrolls. Acanthus around the rim. Acanthus on a cyma recta moulding below. On the body a hunting scene, punctuated with stylized trees, tufts of grass and flying birds, and showing on one side (from left to right): (a) a pacing huntsman with stick and antler suspended over his left shoulder, (b) a running hound, (c) a hunter stopping to pick up an object, and (d) a hunter blowing a horn and carrying a spear in his left hand. On the other side: (e) a running stag, (f) a leaping hound emerging from bushes, (g) a hound attacking a stag. On the bowl, a foliate design incorporating an oval shield with a trace of horizontal division. 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