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Lot 471 Dα

A Berlin cast iron plaque depicting Athena creating the cog

Auction 1084 - overview Berlin
03.05.2017, 18:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 500 € - 1.000 €
Result: 496 € (incl. premium)

A Berlin cast iron plaque depicting Athena creating the cog

A large relief roundel after the design to the interior of the famous Beuth dish. Inscribed inv. no. 1889 to verso. Slightly rusted. Diameter 22.2 cm.
Königliche Eisengießerei, mid-19th C., designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1822.

Literature

On the Beuth dish cf. cat.: Karl Friedrich Schinkel Geschichte und Poesie, Munich-Berlin 2012, no. 173.