2 European Religious Icons - Silver Niello & Porcelain
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Europe, Italy, Renaissance period, ca. 17th century CE; Germany, Berlin, probably KPM Berlin, ca. 19th century CE. A beautiful pair of religious pieces: a 17th-century Italian silver niello plaque of Saint John the Evangelist with a coppered halo and his signature eagle and a 19th-century German porcelain painting after the "Sistine Madonna" by Raphael, likely manufactured by the Royal Porcelain Factory (KPM) Berlin. The latter is set in a gilt and silvered brass frame. Size of larger (porcelain): 2.8" W x 4.3" H (7.1 cm x 10.9 cm); silver quality: 90.81%; weight of silver niello: 6.5 grams
Provenance: private Rockville, Maryland, USA collection; silver - ex-Harmer Rooke Galleries, MB Auction 24, April 8, 1986, lot 305; porcelain - ex-Harmer Rooke Galleries, Absentee Auction 51, February 9, 1993, lot 522
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#180204
Provenance: private Rockville, Maryland, USA collection; silver - ex-Harmer Rooke Galleries, MB Auction 24, April 8, 1986, lot 305; porcelain - ex-Harmer Rooke Galleries, Absentee Auction 51, February 9, 1993, lot 522
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#180204
Condition
Porcelain has not been examined outside of frame. Both are intact and excellent with great remaining detail and good pigments.
Buyer's Premium
- 26.5%
2 European Religious Icons - Silver Niello & Porcelain
Estimate $700 - $1,050
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