Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A CONTINENTAL CARVED IVORY DIPTYCH
Lot 291 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

A CONTINENTAL CARVED IVORY DIPTYCH

FRENCH OR GERMAN, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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A CONTINENTAL CARVED IVORY DIPTYCH
FRENCH OR GERMAN, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Depicting a marriage contract at the Russian court, mounted in a modern wooden frame, lower right corner with indistinct monogram, the reverse of the frame with various paper labels dated 18 March 1918 and accession number struck L36.042/95.035.181
11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high; 13½ in. (34.5 cm.) wide

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 1043,
Where acquired by Frank Clayton Ball (d. 1943), thence by descent.
Gifted to Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1995.