Small bronze candlestick, with a zoomorphic base supporting - Lot 113

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Small bronze candlestick, with a zoomorphic base supporting - Lot 113
Small bronze candlestick, with a zoomorphic base supporting a stem featuring a re-drilled finned socket. The quadruped has an elongated body, a small head with two upturned ears, and a curved tail curving upward over its back. Germany or Dinant, 13th–14th century H.: 11 cm (Visible damage and missing parts, including one leg) The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds an identical candlestick base in its collections (inv. no. RBK1961-69) (fig.), as does the Royal Museum of Art and History in Brussels, which still has the stem and its cup. Reference: O. ter Kuile, *Koper & Brons*, Amsterdam, 1986, no. 92, p. 71.
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