Cups and Vessels from an English Kunstkammer
German late 17th/ 18th century | Chalice
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December 7, 05:02 PM GMT
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3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Cups and Vessels from an English Kunstkammer
German late 17th/ 18th century
Chalice
the chalice with an indistinct label beneath inscribed: Found in a Wall then...
jasper
together with a German serpentine marble vase with a gilt metal rim, probably Saxony, 19th century
chalice: 12cm., 4¾in.
vase: 18cm., 8in.
For the serpentine vase, see E. M. Hoyer, Sächsischer Serpentin: Ein Stein und seine Verwendung, exh. cat. Grassi Museum Leipzig, 1995, p. 181, no. 376
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