A PAIR OF GERMAN BRONZE TABLE FOUNTAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SENSES

A PAIR OF GERMAN BRONZE TABLE FOUNTAIN FIGURES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SENSES

ATTRIBUTED TO THE WORKSHOP OF BENEDIKT WURZELBAUER, 16TH CENTURY

each modelled as a classical maiden, one representing Hearing who is tuning a mandolin with her left foot resting on a low plinth, the other representing Smell is holding a posy of flowers, both with pierced breasts, on a later serpentine cylindrical plinth (2)

18cm high (the figures), 30cm high (overall)

Provenance

The Howard Collection of Oak and Works of Art.

Sotheby's London, European Sculpture and Works of Art, 22th April 1993, lot 53.