Lot Essay
Another nef by Linke was sold by Sotheby's, New York, June 21, 1994, lot 37.
MORNIG SEESSION
(LOTS 1-202)
10:00 a.m. precisely
OBJECTS OF VERTU
AN AUSTRIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL NEF
Details
AN AUSTRIAN SILVER AND ENAMEL NEF
MAKER'S MARK OF RUDOLF LINKE, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The domed quatrefoil base with an engraved border set with green stones and finely-painted with mythological scenes, supporting a fully modelled figure of a river god surmounted by the hull finely-painted with mythological scenes and water iconography, surmounted by the removeable deck set with four masts with finely-painted sails and rigging, marked on base and top--24½in. (62.2cm.) high
MAKER'S MARK OF RUDOLF LINKE, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The domed quatrefoil base with an engraved border set with green stones and finely-painted with mythological scenes, supporting a fully modelled figure of a river god surmounted by the hull finely-painted with mythological scenes and water iconography, surmounted by the removeable deck set with four masts with finely-painted sails and rigging, marked on base and top--24½in. (62.2cm.) high