Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1776

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£250

Hvilaua’ boru Höseinek Emlekere, 1917, an oval cast iron medal by Prof. R.A. Zutt, warrior raising sword above multi-headed dragon, seated female on rock in background, rev. legend in 10 lines between symbolic trees, 123 x 105mm (Frankenhuis –; BDM –). Powerful style, good very fine and very rare (£100-150)

Illustrated on the Plates. The medallic work of Professor Zutt, the Budapest sculptor, was much praised at the time by, among others, Jacques Schulman Sr; today, his medallic work is very seldom met with