FEMALE BUST / RELIQUARY DESIGNED AS A HEAD Gothic type, Rhenish, probably 14th century.
Carved wood, hollowed with later paintwork. The face with a smiling expression and symmetrically-arranged hair. The chest with a round piercing. The bottom is hinged. Remains of collector's labels.
18 × 12 × 28 cm.
New paintwork, traces of old paintwork are visible under the microscope. Cracks.
A comparable reliquary bust is illustrated in: Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor, First Part, Fourth Volume, Vienna 1930, Plate No. 159. Auction Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 29th/30th September 1930.
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Carved wood, hollowed with later paintwork. The face with a smiling expression and symmetrically-arranged hair. The chest with a round piercing. The bottom is hinged. Remains of collector's labels.
18 × 12 × 28 cm.
New paintwork, traces of old paintwork are visible under the microscope. Cracks.
A comparable reliquary bust is illustrated in: Die Sammlung Dr. Albert Figdor, First Part, Fourth Volume, Vienna 1930, Plate No. 159. Auction Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 29th/30th September 1930.
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