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Lot 1002 Dα

A silver gilt drinking vessel modelled as a rearing horse

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 15:00 - Treasures from a Lower Saxon Collection
Estimate: 40.000 € - 60.000 €
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A silver gilt drinking vessel modelled as a rearing horse

The oval plinth designed as a rocky outcrop with shells and a large crab. Upon this stands a model of a horse rearing up on its back legs, its tail waving. The finely chased head and neck of the animal are removable and form the lid of the vessel. H 16 cm, weight 307 g.
Unmarked, presumably South German, 17th C.

Certificate

Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Richter, 10. 7. 2018.

Provenance

Auctioned by Christie's Geneva, 25th April 1978, lot 283.

Literature

Cf. a Nuremberg work dated 1690 illus. in cat.: Wenzel Jamnitzer und die Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1500 - 1700, Munich 1985, no. 188.