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AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PIETRA DURA AND EBONY CASKET

Lot 2
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 69 300
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
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ID 791834
Lot 2 | AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PIETRA DURA AND EBONY CASKET
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PIETRA DURA AND EBONY CASKET

ATTRIBUTED TO THE GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS, PROBABLY AFTER A DESIGN BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA FOGGINI, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The moulded rectangular top with raised panelled central section inset with various hardstones including amethyst, alabaster, verde antico and rosso antico depicting a bird perched on a laurel branch, framed by inset panels of lapis lazuli, surrounded by alternating lapis lazuli and amethyst cabochons joined by an entwined rope lifting to a damask-lined interior. The sides similarly decorated overall with inset panels of lapis lazuli and centred by further pietra dura panels depicting birds in flight, the angles with ribbon-cast mounts bearing hardstone fruits, on scrolled feet

7 3⁄4 in. (20 cm.) high; 12 1⁄2 in. (32 cm.) wide; 9 3⁄4 in. (25 cm.) deep





Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE

A. Giusti, P. Mazzoni and A. Pampaloni Martelli, Il Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure a Firenze, Milan, 1978, p. 15-18.

A. Giusti, Pietre Dure, Hardstone in furniture and decorations, London, 1992, pp. 84 and 110.

A. Giusti, Pietre Dure and the Art of Florentine Inlay, London, 2006. p. 94-103.



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