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LOT 0350
Medieval Bas Relief Representing a Gentleman Illustrating an Allegory of Avarice
NETHERLANDS, 16TH CENTURY A.D.
13 x 10 5/8 in. (694 grams, 33.2 x 27.1 cm).
Carved in the half-round, clean-shaven male figure wearing a floppy chaperon hat, clutching a bulging sack of coins to his chest, with some stray coins on the surface of the table below; mounted on a velvet-covered board in a carved wooden frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, Spain, until 2024.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12992-246434.
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LOT 0350
Medieval Bas Relief Representing a Gentleman Illustrating an Allegory of Avarice
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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