Lot No. 1026


A mounted Valkyrie, nude,


A mounted Valkyrie, nude, - Works of Art

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.

Specialist: Ursula Rohringer Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382

ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at

18.10.2017 - 15:00

Estimate:
EUR 2,800.- to 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.

Specialist: Ursula Rohringer Ursula Rohringer
+43-1-515 60-382

ursula.rohringer@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Works of Art - Furniture, Sculptures, Glass and Porcelain
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 18.10.2017 - 15:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 07.10. - 18.10.2017

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