A SMALL SOUTH GERMAN GILT BRONZE GROUP OF A PRANCING STAG NU...

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£1,500 - £2,500

A SMALL SOUTH GERMAN GILT BRONZE GROUP OF A PRANCING STAG NUREMBERG OR AUGSBURG, MID 17TH CENTURY With tree set on naturalistic base 12cm high Provenance: Ex Private London collection, 1960s Ex Private collection through descent Literature : K. Pechstein, 'Nürnberger Brunnenfiguren der Renaissance', Hambourg and Berlin, 1969, p. 27 This bronze group, made in Southern Germany, bears great similarities with the gilded silver table ornaments and mechanical automaton groups favoured by the princely courts of Germany, Austria and Northern Italy in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.