An enamelled and silver-gilt stirrup-cup
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An enamelled and silver-gilt stirrup-cup

POSSIBLY HUNGARIAN, 17TH CENTURY

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An enamelled and silver-gilt stirrup-cup
Possibly Hungarian, 17th century
Shaped oval on collet foot, the body enamelled with a continuous scene of a leopard, wolf and boar hunt, with huntsmen, horses and hounds in a wooded landscape, in shades of brown, green and red on a mottled white ground, with plain silver-gilt interior
5¾in. (14.5cm.) long
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Lot Essay

The hunting scenes are loosely based on mid 16th century engravings of the hunt such as those by Virgil Solis and others

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