Lot n° 15
Estimation :
80 - 120
EUR
Soldier carrying a clyster on his back. - Lot 15
Soldier carrying a clyster on his back.
Carved and polychrome wood.
19th century.
H_46 cm L_21.2 cm, accident to a moulding forming the frame.
Since Molière, the clyster has often been used to illustrate licentious scenes in 18th-century iconography. In the 19th century, the pharmaceutical instrument became a source of inspiration for political satire.
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