Medieval Limewood Figure from a Lusterweibchen

SOUTHERN GERMANY, NUREMBERG, C.1500-1550 AD

21 3/4" (5.6 kg, 55cm high).

A carved and painted half-figure from a Lüsterweibchen in limewood; the hair carefully carved to suggest bound and plaited tresses bound by a gilded snood, the face with slightly doleful expression, the russet-coloured high-waisted robe with turned collar and dalmation sleeves worn over a linen undertunic visible at the chest, a blue train to the rear draped around the lower body; securing ring to the reverse. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Reinhold Hofstatter Collection, Vienna, Austria.
Ex central London gallery.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.11118-184126.

Footnotes

A Lusterweibchen is a type of rustic chandelier comprising a horizontal antler attached to a carved wooden sculpture of a young woman.

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LOT 0415

Medieval Limewood Figure from a Lusterweibchen

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,000

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