细节
A German parcel-gilt nef
Mark of Esias zur Linden, Nuremberg, circa 1620
The ship supported on an openwork stem with grotesques and foliage above a waisted oval foot chased with sea-monsters and waves and applied with scrolls and sea-horses, the hull chased with sea-monsters amid the waves, the serpent mask figurehead forming a spout, the three masts with billowing sails, rigging and pennants and with figures aloft in the upper cages and rigging, the fore and aft decks applied with armed sailors and cannon, a bell at each end, the base engraved with a Latin inscription, marked on body
22in. (55.5cm.) high
40oz. (1,248gr.)
The inscriptions read, 'Nauita Erythroeum paulrus qui amniyat equor; Tintimmobolo so fonito proegrandia Cete; In prore et poppis fummo refonontro pendet; Balenos et Monstro marinn o nouribus arret', which may be translated as, 'The timorous mariner who sails the Erithraean sea hangs resonant bells at the highest points of stern and prow; by this sound he drives whales and huge sea monsters away from the ships.'
来源
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 13 May 1986, lot 61
出版
Sotheby's Art at Auction, 1986
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, Christie's, London, 1989, no.7, p.17
展览
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no.7
注意事项
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
拍场告示
Please note this lot is marked on the foot and body.
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