ID 1033726
Lot 213 | Großes Kästchen mit Tödlein
Estimate value
€ 15 000
A large wooden casket with a "Tödlein"
Wood, bone, silver appliqués. Large wooden casket, all surfaces covered in bone with meticulously carved elements: gateways, flowers and three-dimensional lizards. Silver appliqués on the back, some enamelled: tendrils and four fully sculptured putti in the corners and on the four silver feet. On one side, a concealed, removable drawer with a velvet insert. The drawer opening to reveal a realistically carved representation of a decaying corpse with maggots, in a tomb made of bone. One silver element has been lost, minor defects. Dimensions 12.5 x 29 x 15 cm. Length of the insert 22 cm, the body measuring 20 cm.
Condition: II +
| Auction house category: | Kunstkammer objects, handicrafts and folk art |
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| Auction house category: | Kunstkammer objects, handicrafts and folk art |
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Hermann Historica Bretonischer Ring 3 85630 Grasbrunn / München Germany | ||||||||||||||
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