拍品 1606 - S20 An important private collection of antique cutlery - Donnerstag, 21. März 2024, 10.00 AM
KNIFE WITH CHIMERA ATTACHMENT
French or Italian, 3rd quarter of the 16th century.
Rectangular, slightly rounded iron handle with chiselled decoration and riveted mother-of-pearl scales. Fully sculpted, pierced handle end in the shape of a chimera on an Ionic capital. Recessed bolster with acanthus leaf frieze. Blade with center tip.
L 23 cm.
Mother-of-pearl scales with cracks and rust stains. Corroded and oxidized. Blade heavily worn and with traces of corrosion.
A knife handle from the Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (inv. no. 1936.28) can be used for iconographic comparisons with the chimera. There, the handle is stylistically located in Italy.
A knife handle from the Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (inv. no. 1936.28) can be used for iconographic comparisons with the chimera. There, the handle is stylistically located in Italy.
CHF 800 / 1 200 | (€ 820 / 1 240)
以瑞士法郎銷售 CHF 1 500 (包含買家佣金)
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