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A FRENCH BOXWOOD SNUFF FLASK
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A FRENCH BOXWOOD SNUFF FLASK

DATED 1620

已结束2011年11月3日

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GBP 5,625

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A FRENCH BOXWOOD SNUFF FLASK
DATED 1620
Of circular form relief carved overall with cherub heads and foliate scrolls, the hinged lid with a relief profile of the Virgin Mary and Child, the inside inscribed indistinctly 'marnoni. Bcvno Vdino.' and dated '1620', the reverse with a profile of a face with a tobacco leaf
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high

With Michael Dunn, Claverack, New York, May 1994.

专家说明

This example, carved from a solid block of boxwood, was intricately carved to function as a flask and box. Edward Pinto attributes a fine example of similar form with exceptional carving to Nancy. See Edward Pinto, Treen and other Wooden Bygones, London, 1968, p. 346, pl. 360.