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  • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE, MEDIEVAL TO MODERN, AT SOTHEBY’S

    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.

    This French Gothic ivory known as the Sulzbach Virgin and Child is estimated at £300,000-500,000. (Click on image to enlarge).

    Christ the Redeemer attributed to Giovanni della Robbia is estimated at £70,000-100,000. (Click on image to enlarge).

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