Live Auction 3709Old Master Paintings & Sculpture Part II
A SILVERED AND GILT-COPPER RELIQUARY HEAD, DEPICTING SAINT NEREUS
Lot 252

A SILVERED AND GILT-COPPER RELIQUARY HEAD, DEPICTING SAINT NEREUS

CENTRAL EUROPEAN, PROBABLY SWISS, 19TH CENTURY

Closed29 January 2015

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A SILVERED AND GILT-COPPER RELIQUARY HEAD, DEPICTING SAINT NEREUS
CENTRAL EUROPEAN, PROBABLY SWISS, 19TH CENTURY
On a pierced, square base inscribed HOC EST CAPUD SANCTI NEREUS MARTYRS
9 ¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.5 cm.), 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) deep

Mrs. Otto H. Kahn, New York with Brummer Gallery, New York, 11 January 1949
Donald E. Frederick Memorial Collection

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PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ART ACQUISITION FUND OF THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM