AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA AND EBONY HOUSE ALTAR

Lot 127
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Lot 127 | AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA AND EBONY HOUSE ALTAR
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£ 10 000 – 15 000
AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA AND EBONY HOUSE ALTAR

19TH CENTURY, INCORPORATING SOME EARLIER ELEMENTS

Of architectural form and profusely inlaid with various hardstones including lapis, Sicilian jasper, porphyry, amethyst and others, probably originally with a painting or Crucifixion group to the centre, now with replaced specimen

28 ¾ x 17 ¾ in. (73 x 45 cm.) overall





Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1991, lot 336.
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