Lot Essay
Appropriate for a dining-room decorated in the early 19th Century antique manner, the trophy evokes the Feast of Bacchus and depicts a laurel-festooned ram's head with bacchic thyrsae.
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19TH CENTURY
Details
A CARVED MAHOGANY RAM-MASK WALL APPLIQUE
19th Century
The laurel-swagged mask in front of crossed thyrsi, probably attached to a pelmet
13½ in. (34 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide; 5½ in. (14 cm. deep)
19th Century
The laurel-swagged mask in front of crossed thyrsi, probably attached to a pelmet
13½ in. (34 cm.) high; 15½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide; 5½ in. (14 cm. deep)
Special notice
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