- Orpheus und die Tiere

auction 390, Lot 155

FINE ART & ANTIQUES

JEWELLERY

on 2 December 2020

 

Orpheus und die Tiere

estimate:
€ 1.500 to € 2.000

Differenzbesteuerung    

result:
€ 1.651 (incl. 27 % buyer's premium)

description:

Orpheus and the animals

Netherlands, mid-17th century Carved. Tortoiseshell relief. Mounted on later (?) tazza-shaped base made of gold-painted copper. 16.7 x 28.5 cm.

 

Provenance: Sothebys London, Auction 10 April 1975 (A Collection of Gothic Wood Carvings. The property of Hermann and Maria Schwartz and Renaissance and Baroque Works of Art), lot 104. - From the estate of a Hessian collector.