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Lot 596 D α

An earthenware vesper image after a 17th century model

Auction 1028 - overview Cologne
16.05.2014, 14:00 - Decorative Arts III
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.708 € (incl. premium)
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An earthenware vesper image after a 17th century model

Pale green crazed glaze, remains of polychrome cold decor. A pietà worked in the round. The crowned Madonna is seated on a high backed chair and holds Christ's right hand. His body is lain in her lap with legs bent. One of Mary's feet, both of Christ's feet and the tips of the backrest broken, a horizontal crack to Mary's right arm. H 29 cm.
Rhineland/Lower Rhine Region, late 17th / early 18th C.

Literature

A comparable Westerwald stoneware sculpture illus. in: Reineking v. Bock, Cologne 1971, nr. 778; two further Lower Rhenish earthenware sculptures in: Scholten-Neess/Jüttner, Düsseldorf 1971, nr. 1051 and 1054.