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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Nov-2010
Lot No.
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Description:
A fine quality 19th century carved ivory tankard French or German The cylindrical body carved in high relief with a continuous frieze depicting a Bacchinalian scene in a garden setting within foliate borders, flanked by a loop handle, naturalistically carved with a putto seated amongst foliage (the figure's left arm missing), terminating in an acanthus leaf thumb piece, the domed cover surmounted by a finial carved as a maiden playing a tambourine, (some losses and repairs), 33 cm high.
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified