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Auction 7 · Lot 197
PAINTED CLAY SCULPTURE Zizenhausen (also spelled Sitzenhausen), Germany, late 19th century
- Estimate
- $2,500–$3,500
- Hammer price
- $3,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Description
Jewish genre scene. Four men and a child, in conversation; one has a goat, one holds books, one has a bag and possibly an umbrella; the other gentleman and the child face this group. A paper label, affixed to the front, reads, in German, “Children of Israel”, and in Hebrew, “Children of God.” 161mm x197mm. Cracks and losses (bottom of umbrella).
summary
See W. Fraenger, Der Bilderman von Zizenhausen(1922), p. 31. For another example, see Barnett, no. 698, pl. CLXXIX.