Auction 244 Part 2
By Bertolami Fine Art
Dec 7, 2022
Bertolami Fine Arts srl Piazza Lovatelli, 1 00186 Roma Italia, Italy

Sessione I: Martedì 6 dicembre 2022 alle ore 15:00 CET (Lotti 1-301)

Sessione II: Mercoledì 7 dicembre 2022 alle ore 15:00 CET (Lotti 302-560)


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LOT 317:

French ivory and tortoiseshell desk clock - 1890-1910
carved elephant ivory (Loxodonta africana ...

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Start price:
850
Estimated price :
€1,500 - €2,000
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French ivory and tortoiseshell desk clock - 1890-1910


carved elephant ivory (Loxodonta africana Blumenbach, 1797 or Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758) with tortoiseshell front, sides and upper part (hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, Cheloniidae). Rectangular case resting on four foliate feet; architectural front with circular clock flanked by two half-columns and in the lower part a putto with hourglass in his right hand within a shell; stepped lid with foliate decoration and spinning top grip.
In hourglasses, the interval taken by the sand or water to pass from the upper, full, to the lower, empty, constituted the measure of time; frequent as a symbol of the flow of time, the transience of human life and therefore also of death.
"And there seems to be no charity; that the world Be an arid hourglass, and we like sand Which, in it, we slip" (from a poem by Betòcchi, Carlo).
Height x width x depth: 10.5 x 7 x 19 cm. Total weight 520 g.
Item condition grading: **** good
Accompanied by Ce.S.Ar. Centro Studi Archeometrici certificate of authenticity and by CITES certificate.

This lot is available for sale only with shipments within the European Union; the CITES certificate for export outside the European Community can only be requested for lots sold to museums.

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