A parcel-gilt tooled leather Minnekastchen casket, German or Netherlandish, first half 17th century

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A parcel-gilt tooled leather Minnekastchen casket, German or Netherlandish, first half 17th century
the rectangular box with arched lid and protruding edge, bronze swing handle, pieced mount above escutcheon, decorated overall with borders of trailing foliage below guillouche ornament, the front central panel adorned with winged griffen ornament flanked two opposing curling fish, interior with worn crimson silk lining, on ball feet -- 5½in. (14cm.) wide, 4in. (10cm.) high overall

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
J.Storm van Leeuwen, De meest opmerkelijke boekbanden uit eigen bezit, Gravenhage, 1983, no. 56.
The article draws parrallels to the art of bookbinding and the decorative surface of early 17th century caskets, particularly in the Friesland region. A similar casket was sold at Christie's London, Important European Sculpture and Works of Art, December 1993, lot 68.

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