A mounted Valkyrie, nude,
porcelain, white, glazed, Height: 50 cm, length: 36 cm, Karl Ens, Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Thuringia, underglaze blue mark 1920, model by Anton Büschelberger signed underglaze blue AB 20(Ru)
Walküren ['Valkyries'], Norse, 'women who decide who shall fall on the battlefield'. In Germanic mythology, messengers of the highest god Wodan (Odin), who ride over the battlefields, awaken the einherjar [fallen warriors] to eternal life with their kiss, and carry them off to Asgard.
Valkyries, Old Norse, "those who decide who dies in battle", German mythology, envoys of Odin waking worthy warriors with the kiss of eternal life and accompanying them to Valhalla.
Expert: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
18.10.2017 - 15:00
- Odhadní cena:
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EUR 2.800,- do EUR 4.000,-
A mounted Valkyrie, nude,
porcelain, white, glazed, Height: 50 cm, length: 36 cm, Karl Ens, Volkstedt Rudolstadt, Thuringia, underglaze blue mark 1920, model by Anton Büschelberger signed underglaze blue AB 20(Ru)
Walküren ['Valkyries'], Norse, 'women who decide who shall fall on the battlefield'. In Germanic mythology, messengers of the highest god Wodan (Odin), who ride over the battlefields, awaken the einherjar [fallen warriors] to eternal life with their kiss, and carry them off to Asgard.
Valkyries, Old Norse, "those who decide who dies in battle", German mythology, envoys of Odin waking worthy warriors with the kiss of eternal life and accompanying them to Valhalla.
Expert: Ursula Rohringer
Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382
ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at
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| Aukce: | Starožitnosti - Mobili, sculture, vetri e porcellane |
| Typ aukce: | Salónní aukce |
| Datum: | 18.10.2017 - 15:00 |
| Místo konání aukce: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Prohlídka: | 07.10. - 18.10.2017 |