Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 11th January 2017
Lot 265
λ A carved ivory goblet
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
λ A carved ivory goblet, of tapering cylindrical form, with a moulded rim above birds flying in the clouds, above Christ as Orpheus seated on a man playing his lyre taming wild beasts including: a lion and a camel and other birds and animals, above a gadrooned base and a moulded foot, 12.4cm high.
The ivory has been radiocarbon dated by RCD Lockinge, Wantage, Oxon with 68% confidence intervals (1) AD1283 to AD1306, plus: AD1364 to AD1385, 95% confidence intervals, (2) are AD1276 to AD 1321, plus: AD 1349 to AD 1392. A copy of the certificate is included with this lot.