Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
Important Medieval Works of Art From the Collection of the Late Ernst Boehlen
Western European, Migration Period, circa 6th century
Eagle Fibula
Live auction begins on:
July 3, 01:00 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Important Medieval Works of Art From the Collection of the Late Ernst Boehlen
Western European, Migration Period, circa 6th century
Eagle Fibula
bronze, set with garnets and glass, in a partially gilt wood frame
fibula: 7cm., 2¾in.
frame: 16 by 14cm., 6¼ by 5½in.
Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949), Palais Stoclet, Brussels, acquired in 1931;
Thence by descent until sold;
Sotheby's London, 3 July 2018, lot 1;
Where acquired by Dr Ernst Boehlen, Bern
The present fibula relates, among others, to a pair in the Musée de Cluny, Paris, inv. nos. Cl. 3478 and 3479.
RELATED LITERATURE
I. Bardiès-Fronty et al. (eds.), Les temps mérovingiens: Trois siècles d'art et de culture (451-751), exh. cat. Musée de Cluny, Paris, 2016, pp. 237-239
