Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Amoretti / With animals / Monster / Sea-monster
Amoretti / With objects / Ball or globe
Amoretti / With objects / Vanitas symbol
River gods / with other figures

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / The earth / Continents / Four / All in one image / Miscellaneous
Flora and Fauna / Fabulous animals / Dragon / Dragons interacting with humans or angels but not fighting
Flora and Fauna / Fabulous animals / Hippocamps

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Evangelists / Cycles / Symbols / Single image

Further details

Ivory, silger-gilt and shell table ornament, the body formed from a nautilus shell, decorated with various figures including: a putto riding a hippocamp, a dragon, marine fauna, river gods, a putto with a skull, a Roman solider, putti representing the four continents, the emblems of the evangelists

Artist or creator

German (southern) assembled in Munich by Matthew Aigner

Date

17th century - 19th century (early) Ivory carvings mostly 17th century, assembled 1810

Location

London, Christie's (Auction)

Auction

Christie's [21/11/1966]

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

For comments or queries, please contact photographic.collect@sas.ac.uk
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