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Estimate
GBP (£) 2,000 - 3,000
EUR (€) 2,310 - 3,470
USD ($) 2,680 - 4,020
SOUTHERN GERMANY, CIRCA 1300 A.D.
1 1/2 in. (2.63 grams, 37 mm).
Disc with beaded border, repoussé scene with lancet-arch arcade, nimbate Christ being beaten by two tunicked soldiers with flails; attachment holes to the rim. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
Ex Peter Szuhay, 2005.
Ex private collection, Suffolk, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12053-217472.
PUBLISHED:
Fogg, S., Treasury Objects of the Middle Ages, London, 2021, p.29.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Seyderhelm, B., Goldschmiedekunst des Mittelalters. Im Gebrauch der Gemeinden über Jahrhunderte bewahrt, Maagdeburg, 2001, cat.7, for almost identical medallion.
FOOTNOTES:
These silver-gilt medallions with scenes of the Christ's life (here the Flagellation) in repoussé, are showing Gothic architectural features characteristic of the 14th century A.D., which are often represented in artworks of the late Medieval Age including manuscript illuminations and stained glass. Interestingly, the two executioners are represented with the typical caps worn in Medieval Germany by the Jews of the same period.
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