• Twenty rooms: The private coll auction at Christies

    Sale 2857

    Twenty rooms: The private collection of the late Mrs Elias-Vaes

    Amsterdam

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    27 - 29 April 2010

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    Lot 608

    A GERMAN BRONZE PRICKET CANDLE STICK

    RHENISH, 13TH OR 14TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    EUR 3,250

    Estimate

    EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000

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    A GERMAN BRONZE PRICKET CANDLE STICK
    RHENISH, 13TH OR 14TH CENTURY
    MODELLED AS A BEAST, WITH SHAPED HANDLE
    8.5 CM HIGH

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    Lot Essay

    CF. O. TER KUILE, KOPER EN BRONS, AMSTERDAM, 1986, P. 71, CAT. NO. 93.

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