Lot 31
  • 31

Allemagne du Sud, Rhénanie ou Souabe, XIIe siècle

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • Corpus Cristo Vivo
  • figure d'applique cuivre repoussé et doré ; sur un fond en velours rouge

    On y joint une figure d'Ange, France, XIIIe siècle (les ailes manquantes), en cuivre doré et repoussé ; sur un socle en marbre
  • bronze
  • Haut. 12,5 et 11 cm; height 4 15/16 in. and 4 5/16 in.

Literature

P. Bloch, Romanische Bronzekruzifixe, Berlin, Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, 1992, pp. 9 et 39.

Condition

Cristo Vivo: Fairly good condition overall with wear to the gilding consistent with age and handling. Some oxidation and Verdegris visible at several places, mainly to the back. A cast flaw visible under the Christ's knees and two smaller ones to both sides of his neck, at the junction with his hair. Angel: Fairly good condition with minor wear to the gilding consistent with age and handling. A hole visible on both of the Angel's hands where what could have been a book or an Instrument of the Passion was attached. Two rectangular holes visible to the Angel's back where the wings were attached. Some dents visible at several places. A joint visible from the lower proper right side of the Angel up to his proper left shoulder and more widely open around the head.
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