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ALEXANDRE LANDRE - NANCY
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Ostrich egg mounted on a chased bronze base featuring two in…
See original version (French)
155
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Ostrich egg mounted on a chased bronze base featuring two in…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €400
Voluntary lot
Description
Ostrich egg mounted on a chased bronze base featuring two intertwined dolphins and engraved with a whale-hunting scene against an iceberg background. The upper part probably depicts a map of the Arctic and the lower part is engraved with four masks alternating human faces and leonine heads. The scene is animated by three whalers, harpooning scenes on longboats led by numerous characters and whales diving or showing their baleen or being towed.
19th century work.
H_35 cm
See original version (French)
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