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Lot 500 Dα

A large Gothic silver gilt communion chalice

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €
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A large Gothic silver gilt communion chalice

Round domed base with a Corpus Christi applique and finely pierced trelliswork supporting a two-part shaft engraved "ave maria / domin plena" in Gothic script and with a central tracery node, the six rotuli inscribed "ih es vs" in niello work. Unmarked save for a Prussian church silver mark of 1809. H 17.8 cm, weight 377 g.
Lower Saxony or Saxony-Anhalt, circa 1400.

Literature

For this type cf. Seyderhelm (ed.), Goldschmiedekunst des Mittelalters: Im Gebrauch der Gemeinden über Jahrhunderte bewahrt, 2001, p. 247, Nr. 58 ff.. Almost identical findings in Niedersachsen and Sachsen-Anhalt, Cf. online unter www.inschriften.net, urn:nbn:de:0238-di066g012k0009508, urn:nbn:de:0238-di061g011k0001400