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17TH CENTURY
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A Dutch carved pierced relief depicting Neptune
17th Century
Neptune standing amongst the waves flanked by hippocamps, within an oval frame carved with oak and berried laurel leaves and surmounted by horn-blowing cherubs, the reverse simply finished, mounted on a modern velvet covered backplate, restorations
18cm. high
17th Century
Neptune standing amongst the waves flanked by hippocamps, within an oval frame carved with oak and berried laurel leaves and surmounted by horn-blowing cherubs, the reverse simply finished, mounted on a modern velvet covered backplate, restorations
18cm. high
Exhibited
Charles van der Heyden, Rotterdam, as Neptune taming the waves: "Quos ego...", Northern Netherlands first half 17th century
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