ITALIAN, CIRCA 1825

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A CARVED IVORY PROFILE
Italian, circa 1825
depicting Charles Felix of Savoy (1765-1831), King of Sardinia 1821-1831, in uniform and wearing a sash and two breast-stars; the background circumscribed '[C]ARLO FELICE. RE DI SARDEGNA'
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam., gilt-metal mount within rectangular black lacquered frame

Provenance

King Umberto II of Italy (1904-1983); (+) Sotheby's, Geneva, 12 November 1984, lot 44.

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Lot Essay

Prince Charles Felix of Savoy succeeded his brother as King of Sardinia in 1821. He married Maria Christina of Bourbon, Princess of Naples and Sicily, fifth daughter of the Re Nasone Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies, in 1807.

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