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Ivory seal or ornamental piece with an openwork ball
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Vase-shaped ornamental object, possibly intended as a cachet. On a flat base stands a globular body in the form of an openwork ball with three inner balls, decorated with relief vines. A long, widely flaring neck with several thickenings and vines. On the upper side sharp knobs, on the underside a flower in low relief.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineIvoren cachet of sierstuk met een opengewerkte bal. c. 1800 - c. 1850. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
