AN OVAL CARVED IVORY BOX DEPICTING VENUS AND ADONIS

FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY

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AN OVAL CARVED IVORY BOX DEPICTING VENUS AND ADONIS
FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY
The lid of the box depicting Venus and Adonis with Cupid and Bacchus in the background; the reverse with putti playing with grapes; with silver mounts; with two labels on the underside of the lid inscribed 'XVIIe.s/Louis XIV/2857' and 'Collection E. EVRARD' and another inside with description of the subject.
Minor cracks.
2.1/8 x 3.1/8 in. (5.4 x 7.9 cm.)
Provenance
Emile-Louis Evrard, and thence by descent.
Sale room notice
Please note that the illustration for this lot is incorrectly labelled as lot 63.

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