BY MICHAEL MANN, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1600

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A GERMAN RECTANGULAR GILT-COPPER AND BRASS MINIATURE CASKET
BY MICHAEL MANN, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1600
The lid engraved with God the Father and the Virgin, and with a sliding copper strap signed 'MICHEL MAN'; the body with angels carrying the instruments of the Passion; the underside decorated with a bunch of fruit and the interior with an angel and cockerel; on four ball feet; the underside of the lid with an elaborate lock and punched 'M M'; with working key
1¾ x 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. (4.4 x 7.3 x 4.8 cm.) (2)

来源

European Works of Art from the Private Collection and Gallery of the Blumka Estate, Sotheby's, New York, 9-10 January 1996.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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This casket can be compared with an example signed Michael Mann, illustrated in W. Wixom, Renaissance Bronzes from Ohio Collections, 1975, cat. no. 191. At least two other signed examples of similar material and colour scheme to the present example are recorded.