AN ITALIAN TREEN BOXWOOD FIGURE OF DIANA THE HUNTRESS

AN ITALIAN TREEN BOXWOOD FIGURE OF DIANA THE HUNTRESS

LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY

the classical goddess standing naked with her dog, resting on a staff, her back with a sliding cover revealing a vacant interior, possibly for snuff, the hexagonal panelled base inscribed 'A C, Diana, Caccia, Trice, Falts, Blaon'

12cm high

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.