Amphitrite

1889-1900

28 cm 68.7 cm 23 cm

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The statuette of this goddess of the sea was designed by the sculptor Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié to be cast in silver as the centerpiece for a table of the Duke of Santonia in 1878. Subsequently, Christolf et Cie., a silver company, had several ivory statuettes carved by Emil...

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Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900; Christofle & Cie., Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1900, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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