Lot 559: A DUTCH CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF NATHAN JUDELS IN HIS ROLE AS DORUS KNOOPENSCHAAR

A DUTCH CARVED IVORY FIGURE OF NATHAN JUDELS IN HIS ROLE AS DORUS KNOOPENSCHAAR
BY BARTOL WILHELM VAN LAAR (1818-1901), LATE 19TH CENTURY
Mounted on an ebonized turned spreading socle with ivory title plaque inscribed N. Judels als Dorus Knoopenschaar in het bankbillet van f 1000,- B. van Laar, mounted on an ebonized circular base with three ivory bun feet and with a glass dome
the figure 12.5 cm. high; 28.5 cm. high overall (2)

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Nathan Judels (1814-1903) was a Jewish actor and theater director in Amsterdam.