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257R

Joseph Tucher

1614 – Nuremberg – 1644

Folding sundial. 1641

Ivory, cut, painted; glass, brass. 11,7 x 8,7 cm (4 ⅝ x 3 ⅜ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Joseph Tucher. Folding sundial. 1641.

Estimate:

EUR 26,000

 

- 30,000

USD 33,700

 

- 38,900

Sold for:

31,720 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 207-213

ORANGERIE. Selected Objects, Thursday, 30.05.2013

Information

Ivory, cut, painted; glass, brass. 11,7 x 8,7 cm (4 ⅝ x 3 ⅜ in.). Signed and dated: JOSEPH DUCHER 1641.

Related literature: Roland Scheewe: Eine Nürnberger Klappsonnenuhr: Die besonderen Materialwertigkeiten der exotischen Werkstoffe; in: Weltkunst vol. 71 (2001), no. 15, p. 2399-2401. Comparable example: Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, inv. no. 46994 (unsigned, before 1645)..

Formerly art trade, London