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CIRCLE OF HANS VON AACHEN, DATED 1616
Details
A SOUTH GERMAN BRASS-MOUNTED POLYCHROME-DECORATED AND GILTWOOD CASKET
CIRCLE OF HANS VON AACHEN, DATED 1616
The exterior decorated overall with scrolling floral decoration, the rectangular hinged lid opening to a similarly decorated interior, the inside of the lid with a central cartouche depicting the Adoration of the Magi within a strapwork frame and flanked by flower-filled urns, the handle and lockplate mounted with seraphim, the right side rising to reveal three gilt-decorated, numbered drawers, crack to lid
3½ in. (9 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22 cm.) wide, 4 in. (10 cm.) deep
CIRCLE OF HANS VON AACHEN, DATED 1616
The exterior decorated overall with scrolling floral decoration, the rectangular hinged lid opening to a similarly decorated interior, the inside of the lid with a central cartouche depicting the Adoration of the Magi within a strapwork frame and flanked by flower-filled urns, the handle and lockplate mounted with seraphim, the right side rising to reveal three gilt-decorated, numbered drawers, crack to lid
3½ in. (9 cm.) high, 8¾ in. (22 cm.) wide, 4 in. (10 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's New York, 13 March 1985, lot 132.