Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Paintings Both vases are in excellent

Both vases are in excellent condition

An antique Indian Hindu copper Nandi (bull) lidded and handled water vessel

The Oaks and French Oaks winner

blended tones

Height of figure without plinth Height 14cm Depth 8cm Width 14cm

Antique Catholic German Renaissance Carving Bust Stephan Rottaler Landshut 1500 Paintings Both vases are in excellentAn exceptionally rare antique German Renaissance carving by Stephan Rottaler (1581 1533), Bavaria circa 1500. The carving is by Stephan Rottaler, Landshut, Germany, an architect who was a leading figure of Bavarian sculpture in both wood and stone at the beginning of the Renaissance, he produced altars, figures of saints and funerary sculptures. The bust displays a young boy, possibly a novitiate or monastic trainee, the bust is sensitively and finely