SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A German carved ivory tankard and cover
Second half 19th Century
The domed foliate-carved cover surmounted by a figure of Artemis with her hound, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a mythological hunting scene, with boars and stags, with foliate-carved scroll handle, on shaped foot carved with grotesque faces and rams' masks, damages and repairs
15 in. (38 cm.) high
Second half 19th Century
The domed foliate-carved cover surmounted by a figure of Artemis with her hound, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a mythological hunting scene, with boars and stags, with foliate-carved scroll handle, on shaped foot carved with grotesque faces and rams' masks, damages and repairs
15 in. (38 cm.) high