A CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH DEPICTING THE RECEPTION OF COLUMBUS BY THE CATHOLIC KINGS

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A CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH DEPICTING THE RECEPTION OF COLUMBUS BY THE CATHOLIC KINGS
PROBABLY DIEPPE, 19TH CENTURY

In a fitted, gilt-tooled leather box with several labels fixed to the interior including labels for Lord James Butler and Bernard Quaritch of London.
Traces of gilding; minor cracks.
6¾in. (17.2cm.) high
Provenance
Lord James Butler
Lady Ardilaun
The Hon. Benjamin Plunkett, Bishop of Meath
Sold with the contents of Plunkett's house, St. Anne's, Clontarf, Dublin, during the two weeks following 9 October 1939, as lot 1430
With Bernard Quaritch, London

Lot Essay


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