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A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY BAS-RELIEFS OF MAIDENS
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A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY BAS-RELIEFS OF MAIDENS

PROBABLY WORKSHOP OF FRANÇOIS VAN BOSSUIT, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF CARVED IVORY BAS-RELIEFS OF MAIDENS
PROBABLY WORKSHOP OF FRANÇOIS VAN BOSSUIT, SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY
One with a floral garland, the other with a spray of flowers
One: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) square; The other: 4 1/8 x 3¾ in. (10.5 x 9.5 cm.) (2)
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Lot Essay

The present two reliefs fit in neatly with a series of engraved female subjects executed in ivory by the Flemish sculptor François van Bossuit (1635-1692). The engraved 'flecking' of the background is also characteristic of his work (see Tardy, Les Ivoires - Evolution décorative du Ier siècle à nos jours, Paris, 1972, pp. 111, 112 and 115).

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