THE auction of European Sculpture and Works of Art: Medieval to Modern at Sotheby’s in London on July 3 comprises 200 lots estimated to bring in more than £4 million. Highlights include a mid-13th century aquamanile (an implement for washing hands at the table) in the shape of a leopard; a plaque identified as a missing section of the Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne; a c1400 chesspiece representing a Queen; a fragmentary diptych with Scenes from the Life of Christ produced in Germany in the late 14th century; a French Gothic ivory known as the Sulzbach Virgin and Child from the 14th century and a partially glazed and polychromed terracotta of Christ the Redeemer, attributed to Giovanni della Robbia.
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