Ulm, workshop of Michel Erhart, last quarter of... Lot 55

Ulm, workshop of Michel Erhart, last quarter of the 15th centuryLinden wood reliquary bust carved in the round and hollowed out. The saint is wearing a crown with high flowers, her long hair with wavy strands falls on her neck and back. Her face is oval, her eyes tapered, her lower eyelids swollen, her mouth closed with tight lips. On the chest, a lunula formed of faceted cut glass closed the space where the relics were kept. High molded base with cut corners. H : 29,5 cmOn a red velvet base (not reproduced) . ( Provenance: Richard von Kaufmann Collection, Berlin, sale of 4 December 1917, lot 348 (fig. 1 )