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LOT 0311
Medieval Style Gilt Openwork Candlestick with Figures
LATE 19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
5 7/8 in. (409 grams, 15 cm high).
A gilt bronze pricket candlestick composed of a discoid cup supported by three bestial creatures, bulbous openwork collar displaying a winged and nimbate figure together with three winged and nimbate creatures possibly representing archangels, amidst foliate vines, domed triangular base with openwork mythical creatures and beast heads, all supported on tripod feet formed as eagle talons.
ProvenanceEx private Dutch collection.
English private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11659-199757.
Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1878,1101.91, for a comparable candlestick.
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LOT 0311
Medieval Style Gilt Openwork Candlestick with Figures
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
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