Puts me in mind of Carpeaux's Ugolino & His Sons, but it's not. Does the figure have a face? Certainly a study in musculature.
BTW, with the combination of ivory & tortoiseshell, suspect the piece is French.
Didn't realize Perseus was transgender. :joyful: Actually, happen to know that one of our members just bought a Perseus cameo that is very...
I think it is the more probable explanation but the other can't be ruled out; we don't know the cutter's intent. However, while I have...
@Simona Buhus A little more investment advice. It's fine to buy items like this if they appeal to you and are very inexpensive. Do not buy them...
@Simona Buhus You have written elsewhere that you have begun buying jewellery as an investment. I would not advise putting too much money in...
This says glass to me, rather than quartz or white topaz.
She's not wearing a necklace, is she? Those beads are hanging from her ears, looks like.
I know. I just wanted to show that the work of his on the market is also highly variable. :)
Could be, no way to know for certain. Carver may also have been influenced in his strokes by the natural grain of the material. Think we can...
An assemblage of colored glass parts automatically made me think Murano, but the base also caught my attention as something unusual, although I...
A Deco sensibility? Or the lack of the skill/effort to do the more subtle curves? [ATTACH] My dating of the cameo is based on the findings &...
The synopsis does not mention that the winged horse Pegasus, plus another beast called Chrysaor, sprang from the neck of the decapitated Gorgon....
The work I have seen by him ranges from this: [ATTACH] to this: [ATTACH]
Does appear to be ivory on tortoiseshell. I would date to late 19th - early 20th. The figure is actually Perseus, after the sculpture by Canova,...
I'd say he's head over heels in love.
Thanks. That brings it out nicely & I will add pic to my files. Problem with this guy is that sometimes the signature looks like the one on...
The Three Graces, as you have been told. The signature is Mouhé, first initial T, J or F, have never been able to pin down. He appears in a...
Are these selling prices or asking prices? Doubt there's really any such thing. The whole point of resin is that it can be used to do something...
Hi, Simona. Yes, she would generally be regarded as Flora, more a name for the type than an identification. You are correct that she is a molded...
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