Old Master Sculpture & Works of Art

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ITALIAN, PROBABLY VENICE, EARLY 15TH CENTURY | CASKET

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