Auction 59 · Lot 15
Pear shaped container, floral and foliate patterning throughout. Flowering stalk, attendant peacock. Set on leafy base. Height: 5 inches.
- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000
- Hammer price
- $10,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT SPICE CONTAINER.
Publication
19th-century
summary
For another example of the use of peacocks in Judaic ceremonial art, see C. Grossman, A Temple Treasury, The Judaica Collection of the Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York (1989) no. 162.