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Casket
Lost Art-ID
570525

Artist
Title
Casket
Place of manufacture
Oberitalien
Dating
1500 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze)
Height
7.50 cm
Width
24.00 cm
Depth
15.00 cm
Description
Of bronze, all-over plenty relief-moulded. Rectangular shape with straight walls, resting on four claw feet, with slightly up-slanting cover. On the walls (starting at the front side) the procession of the Three Kings in crowded depiction. At the cover Poseidon, surrounded by centaurs, fighting with the gigants ; bordure of palmettes. Collection R. of Kaufmann, Berlin. Collection Castiglioni, Vienna. See collection catalogue of Planiscig, Nr. 14; also auction catalogue of Fred Müller, Amsterdam 1925, Nr. 14. For a narrow side see Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum Berlin. Bange, Nr. 675; also for the victory of Poseidon, Nr. 536. See also: Maclagan Catal. of Italian Plaquettes, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, S. 60. Source: Hugo Helbing Kunsthandlung and Kunstversteigerungshaus: Kunstbesitz eines Berliner Sammlers. Katalog Nr. 49; Math. Lempertz'sche Kunstversteigerung: Eine bekannte Süddeutsche Privatsammlung and anderer Privatbesitz, Katalog Nr. 395.
Provenance
Collection Jakob Goldschmidt, Berlin, Auction at 11/12th March 1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. CatalogueNo: 102 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 248 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
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