A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD PEDESTALS

Lot 59
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 892333
Lot 59 | A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD PEDESTALS
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 25 000
A PAIR OF NORTH ITALIAN GILTWOOD PEDESTALS

PROBABLY TUSCANY, MID-17TH CENTURY

Each with a central winged mask issuing from a foliate decorated imbricated tapering body flanked by volutes, the slightly spreading base with acanthus scroll, the semi-circular tops with patera and flute-decorated friezes and the fluted base plinths probably added in the 18th century, re-gilt with traces of black staining beneath, minor differences to carving, one with black printed fragmentary label '...R. L./...D'OBJETS D'ARTS/...Terrasse PARIS (17e)/SEINE 285 799 B'; the other with two fragmentary labels, one black printed 'A LA/...PAINE...' the other with red printed border, inscribed '...New York/...', designed to be attached to the wall

56 in. (142.5 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide 16 in. (40.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Anonymous sale [Property from a Distinguished Private Collection] Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 779 ($45,600), where acquired by the present owner.



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