Lot 1309* ♣ - A198 Collection d’objets en ivoire - jeudi, 30. septembre 2021, 11h00
TWO BONE PLAQUES
Northern Italy / Venice, 15th/16th century.
Carved bone, each depicting a man.
H 10.5 cm.
Cet objet contient des matériaux d'espèces en voie de disparition et est soumis à certaines restrictions commerciales. Les acheteurs potentiels doivent se familiariser avec les réglementations douanières pertinentes avant de faire une offre s'ils ont l'intention de l'importer dans un autre pays
Minimal cracks.
Such bone plaques were applied as decoration on boxes which were made of wood and bone or ivory. Known for this kind of work was the workshop of Embriachi in Venice. Cf. Margaret Gibson: The Liverpool Ivories, Liverpool 1994, p. 106. Boxes bearing such plaques can be found, for example, in the Museo Nazionale di Ravenna: Luciana Martini: Oggetti in Avorio e osso nel Museo Nazionale die Ravenna Sec. XV-XVI, p. 30, Ills. 9 and 10.
CHF 500 / 800 | (€ 520 / 820)