A pair of carved limewood models of sphinxes - image-1

Lot 971 Dα

A pair of carved limewood models of sphinxes

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 17:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 6.000 € - 9.000 €
Result: 6.200 € (incl. premium)

A pair of carved limewood models of sphinxes

With original polychromy and gilding, on later painted oak bases. Minor breakages and losses of polychromy. H 14.2 and 14.5 cm, with base H 17.2 cm.
Attributed to Bonaventura Joseph Mutschele, mid- to 3rd quarter 18th C.

Literature

Cf. the sphinxes as personifications of the seasons in the collection of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (in: Maué, Die Bildwerke des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Mainz 1997, no. 41 ff.)