World Art Medals from the Collection of Dr Stephen Martin

Hungary, 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 (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Art Medals from the Collection of Dr Stephen Martin.

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Provenance:
DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1776.

Plate 11. The medallic work of Professor Zutt, the Budapest sculptor, was much praised at the time by, among others, Jacques Schulman Sr; today, it is very seldom met with