GERMAN, UPPER RHINE, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
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GERMAN, UPPER RHINE, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY

Minnekästchen casket

已结束2020年12月17日

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GERMAN, UPPER RHINE, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
Minnekästchen casket
iron-mounted limewood; the front and back carved with mythological animals, the sides with a hog and a bird, all against Gothic hatched backgrounds, iron mounts and lock, inscribed and dated in red 'W.A. 1535' to the lid, the underside with the collection label of 'R.V. Goldschmidt-Rothschild'
3 ½ x 7 ½ in. (9 x 19 cm.)

R.v. Goldschmidt-Rothschild.
Property from the Estate of Schloss Wildenstein, Basel-Land, Switzerland; Christie's, London, 3 July 1990, lot 103.

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Many of these caskets were produced in the Upper Rhine in the 14th and 15th centuries, some probably as betrothal caskets, others as commemorative boxes. The hatched background is typical of work from the period, as are the iron mounts and flower-head terminals. The caskets are often decorated with heraldic motifs or dedicatory inscriptions above complex lattice-work backgrounds. A similar example was sold at Christie's, London on 4 November 2010, lot 39.