736
Important sculpture of a giraffe, MANUEL ALCINO, retailed by LUIZ FERREIRA
Estimate
8.000 - 12.000
Session 2
28 June 2017
Hammer Price
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Portuguese silver
Representing a giraffe with articulated neck
Realistic relief and chiselled decoration, ivory feet and horns, garnet eyes
Porto assay mark (after 1985), Manuel Alcino maker's mark (reg. 1986) and signed by the house of Luiz Ferreira
Height: 54,5 cm
1365 g
Category
Silver
Additional Information
Literature:
Similar piece without the ivory mounts in: SOUSA, Gonçalo de Vasconcelos e; Os Bichos de Luiz Ferreira, pp. 100 e 101
Closed Auction
