AN ITALIAN HARDSTONE AND MICROMOSAIC TABLE TOP

Lot 231
12.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 30 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 231 | AN ITALIAN HARDSTONE AND MICROMOSAIC TABLE TOP
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
AN ITALIAN HARDSTONE AND MICROMOSAIC TABLE TOP

BY FRANCESCO BELLONI, PARIS, CIRCA 1815-20

Circular, the outer border inlaid with alternating alabaster and Serpentina 'verde ranocchia’ demi-lunes, encircling a Spanish brocatelle and Belgian black marble band, the inner field with scrolling arabesques with pineapple fruiting vases and birds etched with penwork against an alabastro fiorito ground framing roundels with micromosaic classical attributes, the centre band of conforming Serpentina 'verde ranocchia' and Spanish brocatelle encircling a micromosaic vestal figure

44 ¼ in. (112.5 cm.) diameter

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