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CERF EN VERMEIL
ALLEMAGNE, PREMIERE MOITIE DU XVIIème SIECLE, APPAREMMENT SANS POINCON
Sur base ovale repoussée de feuillages, le corps en extension, la tête ceinturée d'un collier, gravé sous la base des initiales AXE et d'une striche
Hauteur: 28 cm. (11 in.)
540 gr. (19.15 oz.)
來源
Galerie J. Kugel, Paris.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
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A GERMAN SILVER-GILT CUP FORMED AS A STAG
FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY, UNMARKED
On oval base repoussé and chased with foliage and rock work, the galloping stag with detachable head and decorative collar, engraved on the reverse with initials AXE, with assay scrape
Welcome cups often adopted the form of game, particularly that of wild boar or deer. Deer-hunting remained, in many areas of Germany, the prerogative of the nobility. Often the animal was represented with a collar and, indeed, the royal archives make reference to such collars. This symbolized the domination of the landowner over nature as the animal would be fitted with the collar and then released on the nobleman's land for all to appreciate his power and authority.
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