Lot Essay
This box is closely comparable to, if not actually by the same hand, as two French 18th century ivories included in Tardy (loc. cit).
FRENCH, MID 18TH CENTURY
Details
A CIRCULAR CARVRD IVORY BOX DEPICTING PASTORAL SCENES
FRENCH, MID 18TH CENTURY
The lid with two nymphs at a river source and the underside of the box with three putti harvesting; scenes of fishing and a farmhouse around the edge ; the underside of the lid with a label inscribed 'Collection E. EVRARD/XVIIIe. S. L.XVI/2648'. Yellow staining on interior; very minor cracks.
2¾ in. (6.4 cm.) diam.
FRENCH, MID 18TH CENTURY
The lid with two nymphs at a river source and the underside of the box with three putti harvesting; scenes of fishing and a farmhouse around the edge ; the underside of the lid with a label inscribed 'Collection E. EVRARD/XVIII
2¾ in. (6.4 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Emile-Louis Evrard, and thence by descent.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Tardy, Les Ivoires - Évolution décorative du Ier Siècle a Nos Jour , Paris, 1972, pp. 151 and 155.
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