- 172
GERMAN, CIRCA 1860CASKET, |
估價
25,000 - 30,000 EUR
招標截止
描述
- partially polychromed and gilt elephant ivory, imitating pastiglia, with silver mounts
- Ivory
- 27 by 25 by 17 cm ; 10 5/8 by 9 7/8 by 6 5/8 in.
on four paw feet, decorated with two profiles of a man and a woman surrounded by scrollwork and with friezes of putti and antique battle scenes, the four mounts shaped as warriors, the lid surmounted by a two hinged sarcophagus topped with a reclining nymph
拍品資料及來源
The low relief scenes on a gilt background visible on each side of the upper sarcophagus and on the body of the casket remind of Italian Renaissance pastiglia technique, composed of gesso low relief friezes applied on generally gilt or polychromed backgrounds.
The large dimensions of this casket and its rich decoration alternating scenes in reliefs and figures in the round remind of Wilhelm I of Württemberg's ivory casket, dating 1841 and attributed to Theodor Wagner (1800-1880), after a drawing by Joseph Joachim von Schnitzer (Christie's Amsterdam, 3-5 April 2007, lot 1185, sold €216,000).
The large dimensions of this casket and its rich decoration alternating scenes in reliefs and figures in the round remind of Wilhelm I of Württemberg's ivory casket, dating 1841 and attributed to Theodor Wagner (1800-1880), after a drawing by Joseph Joachim von Schnitzer (Christie's Amsterdam, 3-5 April 2007, lot 1185, sold €216,000).