2 Nov 2011
13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
Objects of the Wunderkammer including an Exceptional Private Collection of European Ivories
Back to auction 19587
Objects of the Wunderkammer including an Exceptional Private Collection of European Ivories
Back to auction 19587
An 18th century South German ivory skull
carved with an entwined crown of thorns, with a snake above, later mounted on a perspex rectangular plinth, the ivory 10.5cm high
Sold for
£12,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a comparable ivory skull see the Robert and Angelique Noortman Collection: Paintings and Works of Art from Chateau De Groote Mot, sold at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, December 17, 2007, lot 557.
A similar skull monogrammed by Josef Konrad Wiser (1693-1760) but lacking the snake was sold at Sotheby's, London, July 9, 2008, lot 92, £37,250.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Sculpture and Works of Art
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