ID 820248
Lot 531 | A REGENCY ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY CENTER TABLE WITH A WHITE MARBLE AND SCAGLIOLA-INLAID MARBLE TOP
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
CIRCA 1810, THE TOP POSSIBLY BY DOMINIC BARTOLI, CIRCA 1790
The scagliola and polychrome-painted white marble top with a central Classical roundel depicting two figures presenting an offering to a smoking athenienne, the base supported by engaged ormolu columns and a central pedestal with masks, baskets of flowers within beaded rosette panels, the tripartite base with engraved brass foliate scrolls on rosette scrolled feet with recessed castors, the base with pencil 2, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
34 in. ( 86.5 cm.) high, 40 in. (101.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1992, lot 143.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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Medium: | Mahogany, Marble, Gilt-metal, Wood, Stone |
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Art style: | Regency |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
Medium: | Mahogany, Marble, Gilt-metal, Wood, Stone |
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Art style: | Regency |
Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Tables |
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