Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Auction Closed
December 3, 02:41 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ITALIAN, PROBABLY VENICE, EARLY 15TH CENTURY
CASKET
bone, certosina wood and horn, on a later ebonised wood core, with gilt metal mounts, and velvet lining to the interior
15 by 19cm., 5⅞ by 7½in.
Michahelles collection, Hamburg;
its sale, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 27-28 September 2006, lot 832
RELATED LITERATURE
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings. 1200-1550. Part II, cat. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, pp. 844-849, nos. 278 and 279