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A fine German silver-gilt drinking cup modelled as a bear, Hans auf der Burg, Nuremberg, circa 1598-1602

Auction Closed

December 10, 04:34 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A fine German silver-gilt drinking cup modelled as a bear, Hans auf der Burg, Nuremberg, circa 1598-1602

The male animal seated with raised paws, cast, embossed and chased with thick buckled collar, realistic fur, on a detachable foot, tooled with birds, a house, a snake and foliage, marked on body, cover and foot

18.5cm, 7 1/4in high

693gr, 22oz 4dwt

Baron F. Rolin, Brussels
Sold Christies Geneva, 9 November 1976 lot 245
Vincent Laloux, Brussels
Princess Salimah Aga Khan until 1998
Sold Christies Geneva, 19^th May 1998, lot 179
Property of a European Private collection

Vincent Laloux, Les Bestiare des Orfèvres, Lausanne, 1994, p.167
Karin Tebbe et al. Nürnberger Goldschmiedekunst 1541-1868, Nuremberg 2007, p. 78

Associated literature:
Robert L. Wyss, Handwerkskunst in Gold und Silber, Berne, 1996, pp 99
Helmut Seling, Die kunst der Augsburger Goldschmiede 1529-1868, Munich, 1990. Vol. II illus. no. 156
Magnificent silver-gilt, Objects of Vertu and Miniatures From the Rothschild and Rosebery Collection, Mentmore, Sothebys London, 11 February 1999, lot 41