Jim Peake
Head of Department
Lot 7
A Bohemian engraved hunting beaker of 'Koula' type, late 17th century
19 November 2025, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£500 - £800
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A Bohemian engraved hunting beaker of 'Koula' type, late 17th century
Attributed to the circle of the 'Master of the Koula Beaker', of tapering and thick-walled cylindrical shape, decorated with three arcaded panels divided by columns, depicting a continuous hare hunting scene, two men with guns on horseback galloping through a wooded landscape with two hounds, in pursuit of two leaping hares, one man aiming his gun at the unfortunate animals, buildings behind rockwork in the distance, 12.3cm high
Footnotes
A beaker of similar size engraved in comparable style with a battle scene also incorporating men on horseback was in the Klaus Biemann Collection, sold by Bonhams on 26 November 2014, lot 4. Another from the Krug Collection which depicts a stag hunt engraved in summarily style, particularly the leaves of the trees, is illustrated by Brigitte Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug, Vol.1 (1965), pp.190-1, no.181. For a discussion of beakers of 'Koula' type, see lot 5 in this sale.