Departments / Sacral Sculptures
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| Sculptures - 20. March 2013
/ Highlights |
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ntique and religious sculpture were in high demand at the very beginning of the auction of Furniture, Sculpture and Decorations. The highest bid for a Roman sculpture was CHF 21 000 which went for a marble caryatid from the 2nd/3rd century, which had been given a maximum estimate of CHF 2 500 (lot 1006). Further high points in this early part of the auction were Lots 1026 and 1029. The fragment of a âfigure gisanteâ from the 14th century - two gilt copper hands in supplication from Limoges - was sold for CHF 84 000. A processional cross from Limoges from the early 13th century, which features in the corresponding specialist publication of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, went to a new collection for CHF 74 400. The keenest bidding war took place, however, over a Romanesque Madonna and Child. The carving had been made in Spain in the 12th/13th century. Estimated at CHF 12 000 to 18 000, it reached a price of CHF 117 600 and was thereby the top lot of the auction day (lot 1033).
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