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. .5 plays the oboe. He blows into the instrument and holds it in front of him. He wears a flat hat, a long coat, trousers and 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:
- 36.9.5
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973