Lot 14
  • 14

A SILVER-GILT SPRINGING STAG, WITH CORAL ANTLERS, PROBABLY GERMANY LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY, THE BASE POSSIBLY LATER |

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description

  • 24 x 18 cm ; 9 1/3  x 7 in. ; Weight (overall) 499 g ; 17oz 60dwt
resting on an oval base embossed with snake, snail, frog, turtle, grasshopper, lizard and butterfly, a small springing dog below the stag forelegs

Provenance

Yves Saint Laurent - Pierre Bergé collection

Literature

This deer is in front cover of Connaissance des Arts, 20 December 2005, nr 271, Les chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Yves Saint Laurent Pierre Bergé.

Condition

In overall good condition with a few accidents and losses to the coral branches, a few small knocks above the right front leg, a split to the base. Town mark illegible, French import marks for 1835-1864 and after 1893
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