CIRCA 10,500-8,000 B.C.

細節

A PAIR OF IRISH GIANT DEER OR 'IRISH ELK' ANTLERS
Circa 10,500-8,000 B.C.
With fifteen points and skull, restorations, five points with restored breaks, one antler with restored break near the skull
Span: 115 in. (292 cm.); 41 in. (104 cm.) high; 48 in. (122 cm.) deep (2)

來源

By repute, excavated from a bog near Limerick.
The Viscounts Powerscourt, Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Slazenger, Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, sold Christie's house sale, 24-25 September 1984, lot 441.

出版

C. Hussey, 'Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow - I', Country Life, 6 December 1946, p. 1067, fig. 14.

注意事項

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拍品專文

It was probably Mervyn Wingfield (d. 1904), 7th Viscount Powerscourt who acquired these magnificent giant deer or 'Irish elk' antlers: Christopher Hussey, in his 1946 articles on Powerscourt, described the 7th Viscount' 'collection scarcely to be matched elsewhere of ancient and notable stags' horns ... And there is of course, an Irish elk head, one of the finest specimens of this extinct giant' (C. Hussey, op. cit., p. 1066).

Powerscourt, one of the most famous of all Irish houses, was largely the creation of Richard Wingfield (d. 1751), 1st Viscount Powerscourt from 1728-43 to designs by Richard Castle. It was extensively remodelled by the 6th & 7th Viscounts Powerscourt throughout the 19th Century. From 1842, its magnificent formal gardens were laid out by Daniel Robertson, in the grand Baroque manner of princely gardens in Italy and Austria.