Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
TWO FRENCH CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH FIGURES
Lot 286 PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE A. HEARN, SOLD BY THE DAVID OWSLEY MUSEUM OF ART, BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

TWO FRENCH CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH FIGURES

PROBABLY DIEPPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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TWO FRENCH CARVED IVORY TRIPTYCH FIGURES
PROBABLY DIEPPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Depicting Henry VIII and Catherine de Medici, each opening to an interior scene, both with paper label for the collection of Countess Seilhac and further labels dated 18 March 1918, and with accession numbers 95.035.160/struck L36.047 and 95.095.189/struck L36.046
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high (2)

With George A. Hearn (d. 1913), New York, circa 1908.
The Notable Art Collection formed by the late George A. Hearn; American Art Association, New York, 25 February-4 March, 1918, lot 682,
Where acquired by Frank Clayton Ball (d. 1943), thence by descent.
Gifted to Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1995.