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A NORTH ITALIAN IVORY AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONY, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND WALNUT MARQUETRY TABLE

Lot 23
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 150 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 791850
Lot 23 | A NORTH ITALIAN IVORY AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONY, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND WALNUT MARQUETRY TABLE
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 250 000
A NORTH ITALIAN IVORY AND PEWTER-INLAID EBONY, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD AND WALNUT MARQUETRY TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO LUCIO DE LUCCI, VENICE, LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE STAND 19TH CENTURY

The rectangular top inlaid with a central oval cartouche depicting 'The Battle of Vienna' with the fortified city of Vienna in the centre, a banner above inscribed 'VIENA', Ottoman troups with mounted soldiers, mortars and canons in the foreground and villages and mountains beyond, within a fruiting laurel-wreath border, the angles decorated with flowerheads and scrolling acanthus in strapwork bands, on a stained walnut support carved with grotesque masks and foliate-wrapped scrolls, marked to the underside in chalk '692 YJ', with restorer's label and further label 'EVELYN HEIRLOOM /E&N'

31 in. (79 cm.) high; 67 in. (170 cm.) wide; 331⁄2 in. (85 cm.) deep





Provenance

Possibly in the collection of John Evelyn (1620-1706), thence by descent at Wotton House, Surrey, until sold

The Evelyn Family Trust, Christie's, London, 31 March 197, lot 65 (together with its pair, depicting 'The Battle of Napoli di Romania').

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 7 July 2011, lot 37, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

A. González-Palacios, Il gusto dei principi, Arte di corte del XVII e del XVIII secolo, Milan 1993, pp. 338-339, (fig. 599 illustrating the pair to the present table top).

Colle, Il Mobile Barocco in Italia, Milan 2000, pp. 302 and 322.



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