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AN IRON-MOUNTED 'CUIR CISELE' CASKET
- FRENCH OR GERMAN, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY

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AN IRON-MOUNTED 'CUIR CISELE' CASKET
FRENCH OR GERMAN, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • €5,250
  • ($8,238)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    €2,000 - €3,000
  • ($3,000 - $4,400)

Sale Information

Sale 2782
LIECHTENSTEIN: Property from the Collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein.
1 April 2008
Amsterdam





Lot Description

AN IRON-MOUNTED 'CUIR CISELE' CASKET
FRENCH OR GERMAN, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Mounted overall with floral straps, the central hinge of the lock stamped with crowned letter I, the interior lined with red leather and inscribed with inventory number J.419 and with paper label inscribed 490
8.5 cm. high x 16 cm. wide x 13 cm. deep

Special Notice

“!” Lots imported from outside the EU. The Buyer’s Premium is 37.05% incl. VAT over the first €5,000, plus 31.1% incl. VAT of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 21.58% incl. VAT of any amount in excess of €400,001.

Provenance

Acquired in Vienna in 1894 by Prince Johannes II of Liechtenstein.
Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1944.

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