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Nuremberg around 1660
Master: Simon Lang, see GNM No. 500
Height: 39 cm, weight: 435 gr
Simon Lang born in 1608, master’s examination August 24, 1645, died in 1671
was the son of Gabriel Lang, a Nuremberg jeweler.
Almost identical shell cup by Simon Lang, 1645/51 see Germanisches Nationalmuseum Volume 1, Part 2, no. 646, which is located in the Cologne City Museum.
marked on the foot and bowl
Provenance:
Collections of the Margraves and Grand Dukes of Baden,
Sotheby’s, Baden-Baden, October 5, 1995, lot 359
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The foot with wavy border and chased with scrolls and fruit, the stem formed as Nike with wreath and palm branch, supporting the shell-form bowl engraved with flowers, the finial formed as a putto holding a wreath, l