"THE BIRTH OF VENUS". A LARGE IVORY CUP AND COVER
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CONTINENTAL IVORY, 19TH CENTURY Provenance: A Palm Beach Gentleman "THE BIRTH OF VENUS". A LARGE IVORY CUP AND COVER,PROBABLY SOUTH GERMAN, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURYin "Historismus" taste, the cylindrical bowl carved with tritons and nereids sporting among a sea of piscine monsters, the double-knopped stem a writhing knot of fishy fangs and sinuous tails, the spreading foot and cover carved with bands of leafy ornament, the finial carved as a standing figure of the nascent Venus, a dolphin curved behind. height 54cm, 21 1/4 in
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"THE BIRTH OF VENUS". A LARGE IVORY CUP AND COVER
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