A CARVED IVORY CUP DEPICTING THE APOTHEOSIS OF HERCULES

Description:

attr. to Bernhard Strauss; active in Augsburg, circa 1662-1681
H. 44 cm
The cup carved with a procession of eleven Olympian gods; Jupiter seated on a chariot at the centre, Venus to his left, then Juno, Diana, Mars, Hercules, Mercury, Hebe, Vulcan, Cupid and Neptune; the underside of the cup with acanthus leaf decoration; the knop beneath carved with putti and grotesque masks; the foot with three recumbent male figures; with a modern silverplated lid with finial. Very minor losses; minor shrinkage cracks. Ivory weight ca. 1881g., With EU sales permit for ivory, no. DE-DA 250916-7
From an important Rhenish private collection, acquired at Christie's London, 10.6.2004, Lot 44
Lit. E. Philipovich, Elfenbein - Ein Handbuch für Sammler u. Liebhaber, 1982
Another, very similar cup of Bernhard Strauß is stored in the KHM, Vienna, Kunstkammer: https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/lidded-cup-with-antique-gods-90533
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