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A GERMAN CARVED IVORY TANKARD
Second half 19th Century
The hinged domed cover surmounted by a youthful centaur, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a scene depicting the Rape of the Sabine Women, the handle in the form of a male caryatid with foliate-carved terminal, on a spreading lozenge-carved foot, damage to centaur
13in. (33cm.) high
Second half 19th Century
The hinged domed cover surmounted by a youthful centaur, the cylindrical body carved in high relief with a scene depicting the Rape of the Sabine Women, the handle in the form of a male caryatid with foliate-carved terminal, on a spreading lozenge-carved foot, damage to centaur
13in. (33cm.) high