TWO FRENCH CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH FIGURES
Prospective purchasers are advised that several co… Read more PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE A. HEARN, SOLD BY THE DAVID OWSLEY MUSEUM OF ART, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
TWO FRENCH CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH FIGURES

PROBABLY DIEPPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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TWO FRENCH CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH FIGURES
PROBABLY DIEPPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting Henry VIII and Catherine de Medici, each opening to an interior scene, both with paper label for the collection of Countess Seilhac and further labels dated 18 March 1918, and with accession numbers 95.035.160/struck L36.047 and 95.095.189/struck L36.046
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With George A. Hearn (d. 1913), New York, circa 1908.
The Notable Art Collection formed by the late George A. Hearn; American Art Association, New York, 25 February-4 March, 1918, lot 682,
Where acquired by Frank Clayton Ball (d. 1943), thence by descent.
Gifted to Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1995.
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