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A good and rare gothic bronze ewer, Netherlandish or North German 14th century
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description
- 22.2 by 19cm
the body of elegant spherical-shape and elongated, flared neck, cast in one piece with three zoomorphic legs and curved spout, secured with crossbar and curved strap handle, rich, olive-brown patina, small dent and hole to body
Provenance
Jan Dirven, Eindhoven
Literature
Literature:
Theuerkauff-Liederwald 1988, no. 199
Related literature:
Theuerkauff-Liederwald 1988, nos. 188-235
Of particular interest is no. 189 which is very similar to the example offered herewith, as that was found was excavated on castle Haerlem, wich was destroyed in 1531.
I.G.N. Renaud, 'Twee vondsten van middeleeuws brons', in: Bulletin van de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Oudheidkundige Bond, 6. Jg. 16, 1963, pp. 1
Kat. Ausst., 't Geduldich Huysraet (symposium Middeleeuwse Archeologie in oude binnensteden), Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam 1966, no. 25, p. 34