Name: SWITZERLAND, EARLY 15TH CENTURY AND LATER
Brand: Casket with Scene of Tristan and Isolde
Price: 13000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

SWITZERLAND, EARLY 15TH CENTURY AND LATER
Casket with Scene of Tristan and Isolde
gilt-metal mounted polychrome fruitwood; with steel key; the interior painted with foliage and Tristan and Isolde beneath a tree with King Mark peering from above; with paper labels inscribed 'E.' and 'SAMMLUNG / FIGDOR / 351' to the interior and inscribed in ink to the underside ‘351 / figdor’
2⁷⁄₈ x 5¹⁄₈ x 3³⁄₈ in. (7.2 x 13 x 8.5 cm.)

Professor Seyffer, Stuttgart.
Acquired from the above by Dr. Albert Figdor, Vienna,
his sale; Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 29- 30 September 1930, V, lot 306, pl. CXXI.
Probably acquired from the above sale by Franz Koenigs (1881-1941), and by descent to the present owners.

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The story of Tristan and Isolde (or Iseult) is a chivalric romance of the 12th century which became popular - with variations - in both prose and poetry in various European countries. The courtly narrative was translated into different art forms including ivory reliefs such as an example formerly adorning a casket and now in the Louvre (acc. no. OA 10958).