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PROBABLY AUSTRIA OR GERMANY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF THREE IVORY FIGURES OF MUSICIANS
PROBABLY AUSTRIA OR GERMANY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled standing on a barrel, one playing piccolo, one playing trombone, and the third conducting; together with two miniature ivory figures of ladies; and a Goan ivory incense burner, 17th/18th Century, originally the base for a figure of Christ and the good shepherd
The largest, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (6)
PROBABLY AUSTRIA OR GERMANY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled standing on a barrel, one playing piccolo, one playing trombone, and the third conducting; together with two miniature ivory figures of ladies; and a Goan ivory incense burner, 17th/18th Century, originally the base for a figure of Christ and the good shepherd
The largest, 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (6)
Provenance
H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) and by descent at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
Special notice
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