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SWITZERLAND, EARLY 15TH CENTURY AND LATER
Lot 127PROPERTY OF HEIRS OF FRANZ KOENIGS (LOTS 121-131)

SWITZERLAND, EARLY 15TH CENTURY AND LATER

Casket with Scene of Tristan and Isolde

Fermé9 July 2021

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SWITZERLAND, EARLY 15TH CENTURY AND LATER
Casket with Scene of Tristan and Isolde
gilt-metal mounted polychrome fruitwood; with steel key; the interior painted with foliage and Tristan and Isolde beneath a tree with King Mark peering from above; with paper labels inscribed 'E.' and 'SAMMLUNG / FIGDOR / 351' to the interior and inscribed in ink to the underside ‘351 / figdor’
2 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. (7.2 x 13 x 8.5 cm.)

Professor Seyffer, Stuttgart.
Acquired from the above by Dr. Albert Figdor, Vienna,
his sale; Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 29- 30 September 1930, V, lot 306, pl. CXXI.
Probably acquired from the above sale by Franz Koenigs (1881-1941), and by descent to the present owners.

Note du spécialiste

The story of Tristan and Isolde (or Iseult) is a chivalric romance of the 12th century which became popular - with variations - in both prose and poetry in various European countries. The courtly narrative was translated into different art forms including ivory reliefs such as an example formerly adorning a casket and now in the Louvre (acc. no. OA 10958).

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