Lot 2
  • 2

An Austrian silver and enamel figure of a piper, Hermann Boehm, Vienna, circa 1880

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • height 10 1/4 in. (26cm)
the body in two parts, enameled with scenes of classical maidens teasing and binding Cupid below dark-ground strapwork, mounted between the pantalooned legs with a monkey, the domed base with band of champlevé enamel strapwork, marked on base rim

Condition

chips to face, legs and enameled base band, mouthpiece of pipes missing, pipes detached from the man's body
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