Lot 148
  • 148

A very fine pair of carved ivory vases attributed to Charles Étienne Thomas (1798-1857) Dieppe, circa 1820-30

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • ivory
  • height 8 in.
  • 20.5 cm

Literature

Richard H. Randall, Masterpieces from the Walters Art Gallery, Hudson Hills Press, 1985, pp. 296-297, cat no. 428.

P.W. Hartmann, Elfenbeinkunst, Vienna, 1998-99, p.203

 

Condition

In very good condition and very good presentation, with very light age cracks and very minor hairline age cracks.
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Catalogue Note

Comparable examples can be found in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, Germany and in the Musée de Dieppe, France.