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Lot 36 Dα

A Flemish Renaissance parcel gilt silver reliquary

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 15.000 € (incl. premium)

A Flemish Renaissance parcel gilt silver reliquary

Cylindrical container, the domed terminals of which with embossed gadrooning and foliate filigree friezes. The indentations encrusted with six coloured stones in gilt bezel settings. The expositorium fastened by two hinged clips on both sides. L 26 cm.
Marks of Bruges, Adriaen Lyns sr., 1607.

Literature

Cf. a very similar reliquary in the Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur de Bruges (illus. in cat. De Sint-Salvatorskatedraal te Brugge Inventaris, in: Kunst Patrimonium van West-Vlaanderen, Amsterdam 1979, vol. 8, p. 230, no. 377). Cf. Also a monstrance with a similar reliquary compartment in the Louvre in Paris (Numéro principal OA 7752).