FRENCH SCHOOL, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A carved ivory group depicting the Birth of Venus
French School, Last quarter 19th Century
The naked goddess standing within a large scallop shell, supported on the backs of a pair of dolphins and attended by two putti, on naturalistically-carved base and on an oval plinth carved to the front with two putti, one holding a conch shell, the other a fish
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high
French School, Last quarter 19th Century
The naked goddess standing within a large scallop shell, supported on the backs of a pair of dolphins and attended by two putti, on naturalistically-carved base and on an oval plinth carved to the front with two putti, one holding a conch shell, the other a fish
13½ in. (34.2 cm.) high