Auction Web auction 86 ANCIENT SILVER, IVORY AND CORAL, PENS, ICONS AND OBJECTS OF RUSSIAN ART
By Bertolami Fine Art
Sep 15, 2020
Bertolami Fine Arts srl Piazza Lovatelli, 1 00186 Roma Italia, Italy
sept 15 2020, 3.30 pm CEST
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LOT 169:

A German ivory oliphant (hunting horn) - 19th Century

elephant ivory (Loxodonta africana Blumenbach ...

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Auction took place on Sep 15, 2020 at Bertolami Fine Art
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A German ivory oliphant (hunting horn) - 19th Century

elephant ivory (Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, 1797 or Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758) carved in high-relief with a continuous spiral hunting scene depicting a hunter and various beasts running through a forest and terminating in a dog's head; fitted with two suspension loops. Lenght 45 cm, diameter 6.2 x 4.5 cm. Weight 510 gr. Item condition grading: **** good. Ce.S.Ar. Certificate of antiquity (pre-1947).

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