Live Auction 2855The Decorative Arts Sale
A FLEMISH BRONZE TABLE BELL
Lot 225

A FLEMISH BRONZE TABLE BELL

JOHAN VAN DEN EYNDE, CALLED JOHAN A FINE, ANTWERP, CIRCA 1547

Closed22 September 2010

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EUR 4,375

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A FLEMISH BRONZE TABLE BELL
JOHAN VAN DEN EYNDE, CALLED JOHAN A FINE, ANTWERP, CIRCA 1547
The acabthus cast handle above a crisply cast body the upper rim inscribed AVE MARIA GRACIA PLENA above a frieze depicting the Virgin and probably the Archangel Gabriel flanked and divided by putti and flowervases above the inscription IC BEN GHEGOTEN INT IAR MDXLVII
12 cm. high

Specialist note

Johan van den Eynde, called Johan a Fine was born in Malines in 1515. He is recorded having been working there until 1545 when he moved to Antwerp where he worked until after 1556.
A related table bell is illustrated in O. ter Kuile, Koper en Brons, The Hague, 1986, p. 236, no. 327.