A carved ivory relief with a dionysian procession - image-1

Lot 844 D‡α

A carved ivory relief with a dionysian procession

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 15.000 € - 18.000 €
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A carved ivory relief with a dionysian procession

Carved ivory plaque depicting ten dancers in a landscape accompanied by musicians. H 13.8, W 25.3 cm.
Attributed to the circle of Giovanni Battista Pozzi, first third 18th C.

The attribution of a certain group of similar reliefs to the circle of the Roman ivory carver and medal caster Giovanni Battista Pozzo (around 1670 - 1752) was first suggested by Christian Theuerkauff based on a relief that was still in the collection of the Duke of Portland in Welbeck Abbey in 1932. Jutta Kappel supplemented the attributions with further pieces from the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig and the Green Vault in Dresden, also with Ovidian themes.

Literature

Cf. six similar reliefs attributed to the circle of Giovanni Battista Pozzo with scenes from Ovid in the Liebighaus Frankfurt (in cat. White Wedding, Frankfurt-Munich 2019, cat. 68-73.

Cf. also Kappel, Elfenbein. Einblicke in die Sammlung Reiner Winkler, 2001, cat. 29.
Cf. Cat. Ivoires du musée du Louvre 1480 - 1850 une collection inédite, Paris 2005, fig. 47, a second version in a square frame.