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Lot 1463 Dα

A Renaissance iron coffer

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 7.500 € (incl. premium)

A Renaissance iron coffer

An etched and blued iron coffer resting on four compressed bun feet. Decorated on five sides with depictions of kings and heroes beneath arches. H 13.7, W 23.8, D 11.9 cm.
Attributed to South Germany / Nuremberg, ca. 1600.

Provenance

South German private collection.

Literature

Cf. Eberle, Unedle Metalle, Bestandskatalog der Sammlung, Grassimuseum Leipzig, 1996, p. 91 ff.
Cf. Pall, Versperrbare Kostbarkeiten aus der Hanns Schell Collection, Graz 2006, p. 23 ff., for several similar boxxes with partly similar figural decoration (p. 25).