€2,200
Five ivory portrait medallions set in a pewter-mounted ebony frame, France and/or Italy, 19th C.
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Dim.: 27,5 x 25 cm (the frame)
Dim.: 8 x 5,5 cm (each medallion)
The portraits identified as:
- the Roman empress Agrippina the Younger: middle.
- the Greek philosopher Epicurus: bottom left, inscribed in Greek.
- the Greek philosopher Plato: bottom right, inscribed in Greek.
- the Roman emperor Nero: top right.
- possibly the Roman empress Messalina: top left.
Provenance: - The Davioud-Larminet collection, Lille, France.
Expert: Laurence Fligny.
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