Lot: 4453

Date of sale: 22. Sat Jun 2024

Powder flask, dated 1620, horn body c

169

Start price: EUR 200

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Powder flask, dated 1620, horn body carved and polished all over. Scenic depiction of an executioner with sword and severed head or person with Janus head, in his hands a snake or a mirror. Below 2 lions and a tree. Greyhounds chasing prey to the side. Closing bones, sculpturally carved in the shape of a dragon/sea serpent. Chute ending as a fish head, incised “1620”. bumped L. 22 cm

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