This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2020
The Learned Swan. Flein: Rüdiger Deutsch, ca. 2000. One of six questions in an ebony capsule is chosen and placed in an ebony egg-shaped container atop a wooden stand. The brass pan on the stand is filled with water, and a blown glass swan then swims about, stopping before one of six ebony urns around the perimeter of the pan. Inside the urn is the answer to the freely chosen question. One of a handful made by Deustch based on a design first published in Guyot’s classic treatise, Nouvelles Recreations Physiques (Paris, 1769). Stand 14 x 14”. With two extra swans. Engraved brass maker’s plate on base. Near fine.