JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE AND ART AUCTION Tuesday, 26 February 2019 - 10:00 AM start
An impressive large carved ivory oval presentation tray
Realised: $33,000 plus premium
Lot Details
most probably Dieppe, third quarter 19th century. Carved in highly detailed relief with over 90 individual characters and animals. The central cartouche depicting a tented medieval market scene with numerous purveyors and customers engaged in lively transactions; strips of ivory veneer radiate from the cartouche to a border of six panels carved with representations of folk involved in strolling, revelry, pastimes, dance, entertainment and belligerence, each panel separated by a neo-classical symbolic figure. 660 x 550mm
