拍品 63
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A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY RELIEFS DEPICTING VIEWS OF WINDSOR CASTLE AND GREENWICH ACCROSS WATER
A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY RELIEFS DEPICTING VIEWS OF WINDSOR CASTLE AND GREENWICH ACCROSS WATER

ENGLISH, 18TH CENTURY

細節
A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY RELIEFS DEPICTING VIEWS OF WINDSOR CASTLE AND GREENWICH ACCROSS WATER
ENGLISH, 18TH CENTURY
Each in a glazed parcel-gilt ebonized wood frame.
Minor damages.
51/8 in. (13 cm.) high, overall (2)
出版
P. W. Hartmann, ELfenbeinkunst, Vienna, 1999, fig. 89.

拍品專文

The present lot is an example of the delicate, intricate 'micro carving' that was popular within the Kunstkammer of Europe's nobility in the 18th and 19th centuries. The carvings are executed with such precision that, with pieces of the highest quality, the distance between the leaves of a tree might be no more than a fraction of a millimeter. These ivory carvings, with their typical views of famous landmarks seen over water, are likely to have been executed by one of the ivory carvers, such as Stephany and Dresch, working in England at the end of the 18th century.