A PAIR OF ROYAL ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, MARQUETRY AND WHITE MARBLE TABLE SCREENS

Lot 80
18.06.2024 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 378 000
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Event locationUSA, New York
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Lot 80 | A PAIR OF ROYAL ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED AMARANTH, MARQUETRY AND WHITE MARBLE TABLE SCREENS
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$ 50 000 – 100 000
Bearing the insignia of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, comprising two glazed double-sided marquetry panels, one side decorated with harbor scenes in the manner of Joseph Vernet, the other decorated with Etruscan vase designs taken from plates in Pierre-François Hugues's volumes of the vases from Sir William Hamilton's collection; the revolving amaranth frame with ormolu mountings, surmounted with the Royal Neapolitan insignia in the form of a crowned eagle standing among thunderbolts and supported on a central pivot in the form of a triple headed female canopic jar flanked by winged sphinxes in ormolu, the upper plinth of white marble with ormolu molding on an amaranth plinth
193/4 in. (50 cm.) high, 181/2 in. (47 cm.) wide, 41/4 in. (11 cm.) deep
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