Metalwork

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GERMAN
METALWORK
Metalwork
Europe: X-XTVvv," Arkheohgiia SSSR (1966),
pi. 89; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ'14
(1986), no. 219, p. 253, illus.
405. C a r o l i n g i a n R e l i q u a r y
Upper Rhine, reconstructed at a later date
o f elements attributed to the eighth century
G i l t copper, silver, cabochon hardstones,
4 0 7 . Ewer and Basin
and glass pastes
Augsburg, 1583
Height: 5 Vs i n . (13 cm)
By Abraham Pfleger I
Accession number 85.SE.53
Parcel-gilt silver w i t h enamel plaques
and engraving
P R O V E N A N C E
Richard v o n Kauffmann, Berlin; Erich
Coat o f arms o f Pαlffy and Fugger families
Lederer, Geneva.
o n basin, base, and cover o f ewer.
Ewer: Height: 9% i n . (25 cm); Basin:
Diameter: 1 ft. j A i n . (50.5 cm)
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
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O t t o v o n Falke, Die Sammlung Richard von
Accession number 85.DG.33.1—.2
Kaufmann (Berlin, 1917), no. 413, pp. 63-64;
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ \\ (1986),
P R O V E N A N C E
Sold, Christie s, Geneva, November 15,1984,
no. 219, p. 253, illus.
406
4 0 6 . Romanesque
Aquamanile
Lower Saxony (Hildesheim or Magdeburg),
circa 1220
Bronze
Height: 10 % i n . (26 cm)
Accession number 85.SB.55
P R O V E N A N C E
A . Seligmann, Paris; Robert von Hirsch,
Basel (sold, Sotheby's, London, June 22,
1978, lot 206); [David Carritt, L o n d o n ] ;
Erich Lederer, Geneva.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
O t t o v o n Falke and Erich Meyer, Bronze­
gerδte des MitteMters, vol. 1 (Berlin, 1935),
no. 332, p. 53, figs. 309a~b; Vladislav Petro405
vich Darkevich, "Proizvedeniia zapadnogo
khudozhestvennogo remesia ν Vostochnoi
lot 606; [David, Inc., Vaduz].
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
"Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ\\ (1986),
no. 220, p. 254, illus.; Handbook 1991,
p. 208, illus.
GERMAN METALWORK
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408. P a i r o f Stags
Augsburg, circa 1680-1700
proper right shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 2V16 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
(66.$ cm); W i d t h : io /s i n . (27 cm); D e p t h :
Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby's 1983-1984
(London, 1984), p. 288; Deutscher Kunst­
handel im Schloss Charlottenburg (Berlin,
1985), pp. 74-75; "Acquisitions/1985,"
GettyMusJ 14 (1986), no. 221, p. 254, illus.;
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By Johann L u d w i g Biller the Elder
8 Vs i n . (22 cm)
G i l t silver
Accession number: 85.SE.442.1-.2
Stamped ILB o n one antler o f each model;
ILB and Augsburg m a r k stamped five times
on each base: (1) o n t o p border o f upper r i m
o f spool; (2) o n underside o f same; (3) o n
top border o f lower r i m o f spool; (4) o n
underside o f same; (5) o n t o p o f border
PROVENANCE
Possibly i n the collection o f K i n g Fer­
nando I I , Portugal, by 1882; (sold, Sotheby's,
Geneva, M a y 15,1984, lot 66); [Albrecht
Neuhaus, W ٧ r z b u r g ] .
around foot o f base.
EXHIBITIONS
Stag .1 ( w i t h head bent over proper left
(?) Lisbon, Exposigδo Retrospectiva de Arte
Ornamental, 1882, vol. 1, no. 57, p. 245;
vol. 2, no. 37.
shoulder): Height: 2 ft. 1 i n . (63.5 cm);
W i d t h : 1154 i n . (28.5 c m ) ; D e p t h : 8/2 i n .
(21.5 c m ) ; Stag .2 ( w i t h head bent over
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Lorenz Seelig, "Jagdliche Motive i n der
Goldschmiedekunst des. 16 bis 18 Jahr­
hunderts," Weltkunst 59, (February 1989),
p. 234, p i . 2.
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