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LOT 0353
Medieval Bronze Aquamanile in the Shape of a Capercaillie
LOWER SAXONY, 13TH CENTURY A.D.
4 5/8 in. (670 grams, 11.9 cm).
Hollow-formed perching bird filler-hole to top of head and spout in beak; openwork tail with scroll detailing; hatched borders to feathers. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Minervino Gabardi collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12837-240227.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Published
Exhibited at the Museum Für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, Germany.
Literature
For comparison see Franco Maria Ricci, Aquamanili: medieval objects for sacred and profane use, fig. 25, for a similar model in the shape of a rooster, Lower Saxony manufacture, mid-13th century,
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LOT 0353
Medieval Bronze Aquamanile in the Shape of a Capercaillie
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10,400
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