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LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A fine and large Dieppe carved ivory temple-form centrepiece
Last quarter 19th Century
The upper section as a rocaille-carved lidded box surmounted with a kneeling Cupid, the sides carved with figures of Venus, Cupid and Psyche, above the temple section, the awning mounted with two putti, flower-filled urns and applied with satyr masks, the balustraded interior with an elderly woman giving her blessing to a betrothed couple, servants with food and wine to each side, the 'X'-shaped underside carved with rocaille and cherub masks, the spreading circular foot carved with further rocaille and mounted with four snail feet
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43.1 cm.) deep
Last quarter 19th Century
The upper section as a rocaille-carved lidded box surmounted with a kneeling Cupid, the sides carved with figures of Venus, Cupid and Psyche, above the temple section, the awning mounted with two putti, flower-filled urns and applied with satyr masks, the balustraded interior with an elderly woman giving her blessing to a betrothed couple, servants with food and wine to each side, the 'X'-shaped underside carved with rocaille and cherub masks, the spreading circular foot carved with further rocaille and mounted with four snail feet
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high; 20½ in. (52 cm.) wide; 17 in. (43.1 cm.) deep
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