Live Auction 8999Colefax and Fowler, Then and Now: Collections From Hambleden Manor, Lushill, and 39 Brook Street, Mayfair
A CARVED IVORY RELIEF OF EIGHT INFANT BACCHI PLAYING
Lot 172

A CARVED IVORY RELIEF OF EIGHT INFANT BACCHI PLAYING

POSSIBLY BY FRANCOIS DUSQUENOY, 17TH CENTURY

Closed10 July 2013

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GBP 20,000

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A CARVED IVORY RELIEF OF EIGHT INFANT BACCHI PLAYING
POSSIBLY BY FRANCOIS DUSQUENOY, 17TH CENTURY
Together with an Italian carved ivory relief of six putti playing, 17th century, each in a giltwood frame
The first: 8¼ x 13½ in. (21 x 34 cm.)
The second: 7 x 9½ in. (18 x 24 cm.) (2)

Specialist note

François Duquesnoy (1597-1643) was a Netherlandish sculptor active in Rome during the first half of the 17th century.