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A pair of children carved of ivory Lower Rhenish, possibly 18th century
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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Description
- 19.5cm.
carved in the round, one upholding the severed head of a snake, about to pierce it with a short sword, the other pecking at a bunch of grapes, each on a base of ebonised wood, inscribed and bearing collector's labels (2)
Catalogue Note
This type of statuette, repeatedly carved in the Netherlands during the 18th century, also appealed to artists in Germany during the following century.