A CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A PEASANT
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A CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A PEASANT

GERMAN, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF A PEASANT
GERMAN, MID-18TH CENTURY
Depicted holding a bucket over his shoulder, on an ebonized base inscribed in red paint CMA 75.120 and a printed and typed paper label Cleveland Museum/of Art Mr. Butkin TR 15718/62
6¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high, 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high on base
Provenance
With Blumka, New York.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, Shaker Heights, 1975.
Literature
D. C. Ditner, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century European Sculpture in the Cleveland Museum of Art, PhD. dissertation (Case Western Reserve University), 1985, pp. 442-443, fig. 60a.
Exhibited
'The Year in Review, 1975,' Cleveland Museum of Art Bulletin, LXIII (February 1976), no. 50.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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