SEPTEMBER JEWELLERY ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION 10AM Tuesday, 11 September 2018 - 10:00 AM start
Gustav Adolf Daumiller
Realised: $4,200 plus premium
Lot Details
'Praying Knight on Horseback' large bronze sculpture c.1923, the horse with short tail and short mane in tight posture, head slightly inclined and turned to the left side, Knight with chain armour, chain shoes and sword; holding a helmet in front of his body and wearing a triangular shield on his back, the gaze inclined in praying posture, mounted on a rectangular light brown and white veined marble base. Rare and touching equestrian bronze by the German sculptor Daumiller, that impresses with a very naturalistic modelling. An execution of this figure was exhibited in the Munich 'Glaspalast' in the year 1924. H.620mm, L.510mm.
