Caption

Oblong ivory snuff grater lid with rounded corners depicting a man sitting on a barrel, raising a cup in his left hand, his right hand resting on his hip, and a jug at his feet. The grater is topped at the bottom with a semi-plastic shell; the upper end is cut off. 2nd half of the 18th century, Netherlands. Height 13.5 cm, width 4.8 cm., An elongated carved object in a pale cream color with subtle warm beige tones shows a low-relief figure seated on a rounded support, wearing a tall pointed hat and a flowing garment, holding a cuplike vessel in one hand and resting the other hand near the hip; the figure’s legs and detailed shoes are visible above a rounded jug and a barrellike object beside it; the lower portion of the carving features a scallop shell motif with radiating grooves, and the background around the figure has shallow incised texture; the object is photographed against a smooth medium gray backdrop.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A08_485

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.1Mb (2.2Mb) / 10.4in x 16.4in / 3134 x 4923 (300dpi)

Keywords

Oblong ivory snuff grater lid rounded corners depicting man sitting barrel raising cup left hand right hand resting hip jug feet grater topped bottom semi-plastic shell upper cut off 2nd half 18th century Netherlands Height 13.5 cm width 4.8 cm elongated carved object pale cream color subtle warm beige tones low-relief figure seated rounded support wearing tall pointed hat flowing garment holding cuplike vessel hand resting hand near figure’s legs detailed shoes visible rounded jug barrellike object beside lower portion carving features scallop shell motif radiating grooves background figure shallow incised texture object photographed smooth medium gray backdrop.