Eleven Carved Ivory Figures

Description:

Eleven Carved Ivory Figures, Continental, 19th/early 20th century, a young woman standing on a pedestal, ht. 6 7/8, The Three Graces after Canova, ivory ht. 4 1/4, seated peasant girl feeding birds, ht. 4 1/2, figure of a woman in 16th century dress, ht. 4, peasant girl with geese, ht. 3, Ariadne on the Panther after von Dannecker, ht. 2 1/2, crouching nude woman squeezing wine from grapes, ht. 2 1/2, figure of a man in Napoleonic dress, ht. 2 3/4, young child hugging a goose, ht. 2 1/2, bust of a young child in a hat with a sheaf of wheat and a sickle, ht. 1 1/2, and young boy playing a cello, ht. 1 3/4 in.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

Minor unobtrusive shrinkage cracks. Napoleonic man lacking element in hand.


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