ivory

Netherlandish relief portrait plaque of the philosopher Democritus contained in a frame carved with flowering tendrils, Last quarter 17th century. Ivory (plaque), fruitwood (frame), H 8.5 x W 6 cm - with frame: H 11 x W 8.5 cm. Price: € 6,900. FINCH & CO at BRAFA 2021. Titled in ink to the reverse ‘Democrite’. With old collection label. Provenance: former Dutch private collection.

Indo-Portuguese Goa figure of the Infant Christ as Saviour of the World ‘Salvator Mundi’, First half of the 18th century. Ivory, hair with traces of polychrome and gilding, H 24.5 cm, H with base 29 cm. Price: € 19,000. FINCH & CO at BRAFA 2021. An old label to reverse of wood stand inscribed ‘Messel Collection’. Provenance: former Irish private collection; former Messel collection. m. +44 (0)7768 236 921 www.finchandco.art

German carved Vanitas, Early 17th century. Ivory, H 4.5 x W 4.5 x D 7 cm. Price: € 44,500. FINCH & CO at BRAFA 2021. A salamander and snake crawling through the partly decomposed skull with scraps of skin dangling from the face, the exposed muscles partly decomposed. Provenance: former private European collection; former private collection of the late Robert Noortman (1946-2007); sale Sotheby's Amsterdam, 2007; former collection Finch & Co, 2008; private collection, London, 2008-2020. m. +44 (0)7768 236... [Lire la suite]

Portuguese Macao devotional plaque depicting St Jerome kneeling before Christ crucified gripping the Cross in one hand holding a stone in the other, Mid 17th century. Ivory, H 12 x W 8.5 x D 1 cm. Price: € 37,500. FINCH & CO at BRAFA 2021. Symbolic of his asceticism, his hands and feet with the stigmata, a sign of his passionate Christian devotion, his cardinal’s hat and robe hanging in the tree, God the Father in the clouds above a lion at the Saint’s feet, above him two medieval church towers. The scene is probably... [Lire la suite]

Lot 19. A silver-mounted carved ivory snuff box, probably Flemish, 18th century; 7.2cm., 2¾in. wide. Estimate: 1,200 - 1,800 GBP. Lot sold: 1,512 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. of cartouche form, carved on both sides with Biblical subjects. Property of a descendant of William Beckford & The Dukes of Hamilton. Sotheby's. Royal & Noble. London, 7 January 2021

Lot 123. A carved ivory comb depicting Krishna, South India, 17th-18th century; 14.2cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500  GBP. Photo Sotheby's carved in relief on both sides, one side depicting dancing Krishna and the reverse showing the infant Balakrishna suckling from Yashoda's breast, supported on a lotus pedestal flanked by yalis and surrounded by acanthus scrolls emanating from a kirtimuka, old collection inventory number SE5.46 in black ink. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 122. A carved ivory comb, Sri Lanka, 18th century; 12 by 9.8cm. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500  GBP. Photo Sotheby's of rectangular-form carved and pierced with a dancing girl flanked by two peacocks surrounded by foliate scrolls, bordered by narrow beading and diamond trellis bands, heightened with black and red lac, with customised collector's box. Provenance: Winkel and Rasmussen Auctioneers, Copenhagen, 1933Lau Sunde (1910-1979), dealer and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 137. A carved ivory standing figure with parakeet and cup-bearer, probably Goa, 17th century; 19,2cm. Estimate 2,000 — 3,000 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's composed of two sections pinned together, carved with a composite design of fantastical and aquatic creatures, both in profile and in the round, some with their upper bodies emerging from the open jaws of their predators. Provenance: David Salmon, London (David Tremayne Ltd.)Acquired in 1969. Note: The physiognomy and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 134. A Mughal carved ivory powder flask with fish, 17th century; 23cm. Estimate 4,000 — 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 12,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's composed of two sections pinned together, carved with a composite design of fantastical and aquatic creatures, both in profile and in the round, some with their upper bodies emerging from the open jaws of their predators. Provenance: Acquired pre-1969. Note: Ivory powder flasks carved with composite beasts were popular during the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 229. An ivory wrist rest, dated 1903; 28cm., 11in. Estimate 6,000 — 8,000. Lot sold 17,500 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's. of rectangular form, the concave side carved in high relief with two birds perched amongst flowering chrysanthemum branches, the reverse engraved with distant figures in a sampan boat amongst a mountainous landscape with trees, accompanied by an inscription dated guimao year (corresponding to 1903). Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, London, 13... [Lire la suite]