Lot 5577 ♣ - ibid146 Decorations and Various - online only - Tuesday, 24. September 2024, 11.00 AM
IVORY MEDALLION OF MINERVA
Classicism, France, beginning of 19th century.
Oval ivory medallion carved in high relief with the profile of Minerva looking to the right. Featuring a dragon on the laurel-crowned helmet. Set in a brass frame.
7 × 5.7 cm.
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Provenance:
- Drouot auction, Collection de Mr. C. Cabinet d'un Amateur, Objets d'art et curiosités, Paris, 27 October 1976, Lot No. 107.
- Collection Dr. E. Boehlen, Berne, acquired at the above auction.
Due to the use of protected materials and the lack of documentation, this object cannot be exported from Switzerland.
- Drouot auction, Collection de Mr. C. Cabinet d'un Amateur, Objets d'art et curiosités, Paris, 27 October 1976, Lot No. 107.
- Collection Dr. E. Boehlen, Berne, acquired at the above auction.
Due to the use of protected materials and the lack of documentation, this object cannot be exported from Switzerland.
CHF 400 / 600 | (€ 410 / 620)
Sold for CHF 475 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.