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live November 27 | 01:30 PM
Coutau-Bégarie

113 - Small bronze candlestick, with a zoomorphic base supporting a stem featuring a re-drilled finned socket. The quadruped has an elongated body, a small head with two upturned ears, and a curved tail curving upward over its back.

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Estimation

€1,000 - 1,500

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30%

Small bronze candlestick, with a zoomorphic base supporting a stem featuring a re-drilled finned socket. The quadruped has an elongated body, a small head with two upturned ears, and a curved tail curving upward over its back. Germany or Dinant, 13th–14th century H.: 11 cm (Visible damage and missing parts, including one leg) The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds an identical candlestick base in its collections (inv. no. RBK1961-69) (fig.), as does the Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels, which still has the stem and its cup. Reference: O. ter Kuile, *Koper & Brons*, Amsterdam, 1986, no. 92, p. 71.

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Auction details

Meyer Gallery Collection
Friday, November 27
01:30 PM
Hôtel Drouot
9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris, France

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