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1535 - Large love box, Upper Rhine, 14th/15th century.
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CHF 9,000 - 15,000 (€9,700 - 17,000)Sale fees
Large love box, Upper Rhine, 14th/15th century. Linden wood, carved and patinated on the exterior. Rectangular body. Hinged lid with wrought-iron fittings. Decorated on all sides with depictions of mythical creatures and animal figures in a stylized landscape against a diamond pattern. Flora and eyes partially adorned with fine, dark, and red inlays. Lock and key have been restored. On the underside, a label bearing the inventory number of St. Katharinenthal Abbey. On the inside of the lid, a label with information on provenance and materials. 36.5 x 22 x 15.5 cm. - Slight signs of age. Insect tunnels. The Swiss National Museum owns two boxes (Inv. No. LM-982a and LM-982b) that bear a strong stylistic resemblance. The item offered here likely originates from the same circle. One of the boxes from the Swiss National Museum (LM-982a) underwent carbon-14 dating. The results of this analysis suggest a period of origin between 1296 and 1400. Bibliography: Christina Sonderegger and Adrian Baschung: Medieval or Historicism? – A Dating Project of Medieval Boxes at the Swiss National Museum, in: Journal of Swiss Archaeology and Art History, Vol. 78, No. 4, Birmensdorf 2021, pp. 311–326. Provenance: - According to an old inventory label, at St. Katharinenthal Abbey near Diessenhofen until around 1870. - Bachofen Collection, Basel. - In private ownership in Zurich since approximately 1900, by inheritance.
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