Morton & Eden

Auction 121  –  20 April 2023

Morton & Eden, Auction 121

Renaissance Plaquettes and Paxes

Th, 20.04.2023, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

Galeazzo Mondella, called Moderno (1467-1528), Hercules and the Centaur, bronze plaquette, Hercules, naked but for lion-skin over his shoulder, fighting the centaur; to left, a building with O MODER/NI inscribed on the edifice; to right, a ruined amphitheatre, 68.7 x 54.5mm (Molinier 195; Bange 483; Kress 136, fig. 155; Lewis 6, fig. 5; Scaglia V.22; Warren, Ashmolean, 311-313), very fine contemporary cast, brown patina, casting sprues on reverse Ex Alain Edrei (1931-2021) collection, Paris [Inventory number 50 in red on reverse] and ex Edouard Aynard collection, Paris, 1-4 December 1913, lot 177 (lot number glued to reverse).

Estimate: GBP 2000 - 3000

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Price realized 7'000 GBP
Starting price 1'500 GBP
Estimate 2'000 GBP
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