Ending 21st Apr, 2024 14:00
Olympia Timed Spring 2024
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‡ A CUISSE AND POLEYN FOR THE RIGHT LEG AND TWO TASSET-LAMES IN GERMAN LATE 15TH CENTURY STYLE, AND A BESAGUE IN LATE 16TH CENTURY GERMAN STYLE, ALL 19TH CENTURY
the cuisse formed of two lames embossed to simulate four, fitted at the outside with a hinged extension-plate, and at its lower end with a poleyn of seven lames overlapping outwards from the shaped fourth, decorated on its centrally-puckered wing with a spray of curved flutes contained within an inward turned edge accompanied by a recessed border, and formed at the lower edges of the final two lames with cusps; the lower edges of the tasset-lames similarly formed and pierced at their centres in each case with a pair of holes; and the besagues rising at their respective centres to a conical point and formed peripherally with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border enclosed to the inside by a narrow groove; the cuisse and poleyns, the right tasset-lame and, to a lesser extent, the besague, showing overall mottled corrosion, the first: 48.5 cm (4)
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Sold for £360
the cuisse formed of two lames embossed to simulate four, fitted at the outside with a hinged extension-plate, and at its lower end with a poleyn of seven lames overlapping outwards from the shaped fourth, decorated on its centrally-puckered wing with a spray of curved flutes contained within an inward turned edge accompanied by a recessed border, and formed at the lower edges of the final two lames with cusps; the lower edges of the tasset-lames similarly formed and pierced at their centres in each case with a pair of holes; and the besagues rising at their respective centres to a conical point and formed peripherally with a file-roped inward turn accompanied by a recessed border enclosed to the inside by a narrow groove; the cuisse and poleyns, the right tasset-lame and, to a lesser extent, the besague, showing overall mottled corrosion, the first: 48.5 cm (4)
Provenance
Joe Kindig Jr. (1898-1971), thence by descent
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)
