Fine European Ceramics and Glass

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Lot 279
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A German enamelled Apostelhumpen possibly Bohemian, circa 1600

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • applied paper lot labels on the foot '1198' and '325' and Biemann Collection label
  • 28.3cm., 11 1/8 in.
of greenish tint, the cylindrical form with kick-in base and applied footring with dotted band, painted with two zones of the twelve saints and Christ, each titled, below a gilt band with enamel dots

Provenance

Anon. sale, R.Lepke, auction, Berlin, 18th-20th May 1920, lot no.246
Anon. sale, Dr.H.Rudolph, auction, Hamburg, 29th-30th March 1951, lot no.325
Anon. sale, Lempertz, auction, Cologne, 2nd December 1968, lot 1198

Literature

A.von Saldern and B.Klesse, 500 Jahre Glaskunst. Sammlung Biemann, p.324, no.283