CZECH LION

CZECH LION

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Lot 115
Karel Štipl (1889 - 1972) CZECH LION

1920s
Patinated bronze
43 x 62 cm (h x w)

Starting price

55 000 CZK
| 2 200 €

Price realized

160 000 CZK
| 6 400 €

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The impressive statue of the Czech two-tailed lion is the work of sculptor Karel Štipl by the design of Slovenian architect Josip Plečnik, who reconstructed Prague Castle during the presidency of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Karel Štipl was a pupil of Josef Drahoňovský and Josip Plečnik, he collaborated on many important projects of the First Republic: the interior of Kramářova villa, residential buildings in Hanspaulka and Dejvice or the coat of arms on the Jan Ámos Komenský memorial in Naarden.

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MEDICINE

SURGERY MANUAL

GERMAN QURAN

PERSPECTIVE FOR PAINTERS AND ARCHITECTS

SYMBOLIC WORLD

LEGAL HANDBOOK

BIBLE OF SAINT WENCESLAS

HIGH GOTHIC MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS

A PURGATORY

PENITENT MARY

A COURT MOTIF

LANDSCAPE WITH PILGRIMS

LANDSCAPE WITH A FOUNTAIN

TORSO OF PUTTI

PUTTI AND SNAKE

PAIR PORTRAITS

A DUTCH LONGCASE CLOCK

A BAROQUE TRAVEL ALARM CLOCK

LOUIS XV. MANTEL CLOCK

A BAROQUE WALL CLOCK

LOUIS XV. COMMODE

"BOMBE" BAROQUE COMMODE

HOLÍČ CENTERPIECE

SET OF TWO LANDSCAPES

BATTLE SHIP

MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA

MAP OF BOHEMIA, SILESIA, MORAVIA AND LUSATIA

MAP OF MORAVIA

AN EMPIRE CHANDELIER

EMPIRE MIRROR

EMPIRE SIDE TABLE

AN EMPIRE TABLE CLOCK

AN EMPIRE TABLE CLOCK

BIEDERMEIER SEWING TABLE

BIEDERMEIER DESK

ANIMATED PAINTING CLOCK

MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE WITH PILGRIMS

TWO LANDSCAPES

PAIR PAINTINGS OF GOTHIC BUILDING

PAIR OF BIEDERMEIER GOBLETS

A BIEDERMEIER GOBLET

A PORCELAIN TEA SET

JEWELLERY BOX

BIEDERMEIER GOLDEN SET

UNIQUE SILVER SET

PAIR WINTER LANDSCAPES

STUDY FOR GERLACH'S LOVE

LANDSCAPE WITH A WINDMILL

A BULGARIAN GIRL

LANDSCAPE NEAR KAMENIČKY

TREES BY THE RIVER

LABSKÁ TÝNICE

WINTER LANDSCAPE

MAN IN THE GARDEN

PORTRAIT OF A BOY

ON THE SHORE OF A POND

DRAGON OF FATE

ROSEBUSH

GARDEN OF EDEN

TWO FIELD STUDIES

LOWLANDS

LIBUNEC

FOREST

A FLOWERING TREE

DREAM OF A LONELY CHILD

MAY

COSSACK

ART NOUVEA JARDINIERE

KABYLE BERBER

ART NOUVEAU RELIEF

ART NOUVEAU LAMP PALME-KÖNIG

LOETZ PHÄNOMEN VASE

AN ART NOUVEAU VASE

PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU CHAIRS

PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU ARMCHAIRS

ART NOUVEAU DINING ROOM

A CUBIST LIBRARY

A CUBIST COFFEE SERVICE

A CUBIST COFFEE SERVICE

A CUBIST VASE

A CUBIST BOX

A CUBIST VASE

MARABU

GIRL WITH A JUG

GIRL IN A FOLK DRESS

FROM STARÝ KOLÍN

LANDSCAPE WITH FLOWERING LILACS

IN THE REEDS

FLOODED BEROUNKA RIVER

WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH A COTTAGE

PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WITH A HAT

AT THE LIDO

A JEWISH FAMILY

SLEIGH RIDE

SWIMMING WITH HORSES

GIRL WITH A WREATH

SPOTLIGHTS

PURIST COMPOSITION WITH HEAD

A BOUQUET IN A VASE

SUNFLOWERS

TRINITY LAVRA OF ST. SERGIUS

CAIRO MOSQUE

SELF-PORTRAIT

AN ABSTRACT COMPOSITION

WOMEN

WOMAN AT THE WINDOW

WOMAN WITH A BOWL OF FRUITS

CRAYFISH WITH AN ARTICHOKE

LOVERS

FROM THE AFTERLIFE

CONFESSION OF LOVE

CZECH LION

SUMMER

LOVERS

A PRANCING HORSE

A MEISSEN CLOCK

A FLOWER IN A VASE

AN ART DECO LAMP

FAUN TABLE LAMP

PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS

SET OF FOUR CHAIRS

ART DECO DINING ROOM

ART DECO SIDE TABLE

TABOURET MODEL B313

FUNCTIONALIST SIDEBOARD

SERVING FOLDING FUNCTIONALIST TABLE

FOLDING CHAIR JH 512

PAIR OF DESIGN ARMCHAIRS

A GENDJE RUG

A CHONDZORESK CLOUDBAND KAZAK RUG

BANDIRMA (PANDERMA)

A KARABACH RUG

A CHICKEN KHAMSE RUG

A KAYSERI RUG

A CHINESE RUG

A HERIZ RUG

A LOETZ VASE

A DRAGON SHAPED VASE

AN ARTĚL GLASS

VASE MOSER WITH PEACOCKS

MOSER VASE WITH FISH

CUT VASE MOSER

A BOTTLE OF CROIZET COGNAC