Lot n° 36
Estimation :
12000 - 15000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 18 399EUR
RECTANGULAR TRAY IN MARQUETRY OF HARD STONES AND SOME MOTHER - Lot 36
RECTANGULAR TRAY IN MARQUETRY OF HARD STONES AND SOME MOTHER-OF-PEARL
AND SOME MOTHER-OF-PEARL SURROUNDING AN OVAL MICRO-MOSAIC
Italy, first half of the XIXth
century for the center.
The frame is later and made around 1880.
Tray : 80,5 x 106,5 cm
Micro-mosaic : 35 x 44 cm
The surround of the plate itself is made with a blade of wrought iron of the same width
width. 3 cm
The micro-mosaic represents the doves
of Pliny, sometimes called "the doves
of the capitol". It is a decoration inspired
of a Roman mosaic discovered in the Villa of Hadrian
Villa of Hadrian next to Tivoli and exposed
in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. The central medallion
represents a cup where four doves are drinking
four doves are drinking. The background is in deep black marble
marble and the frame with foliage
of foliage is slightly stylized.
The base in waxed wood of Louis XIV style is modern.
modern.
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