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LOT 0354

Medieval Boxwood Drinking Cup

SOUTHERN GERMANY, CIRCA 1500 A.D.

7 3/4 in. (445 grams, 19.6 cm high).

Comprising a barrel-shaped turned wooden body with a broad neck and an everted rim, a slender stem and stepped base; a single scrolled handle to reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Pfyffer von Sltishofen (1914), a well known family in Switzerland.
with Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widrner, 2025.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12993-246435.

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LOT 0354

Medieval Boxwood Drinking Cup

Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)

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