FIGURINE OF A MUSICIAN (ONE OF SEVEN)
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
The musicians are carved in ivory and they stand on barrels carved in wood. The main part of the barrels is in a natural color and the part representing the iron hoops is stained black. They have been carved from several pieces of ivory and pierced together. .2 plays a recorder. He holds the instrument in front of him and blows into it. He wears a flat hat, a long coat, trousers with boots.
- Object name:
- FIGURINE OF A MUSICIAN (ONE OF SEVEN)
- Made from:
- Ivory -- wood
- Made in:
- GERMANY
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 23.2 cm (9 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.9.2
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973