Lot 487
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE SIENA AND ROUGE MARBLE TAZZE
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE SIENA AND ROUGE MARBLE TAZZE

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE SIENA AND ROUGE MARBLE TAZZE
19th Century
Each with circular dish supported by three classical bearded male figures around a central turned stem of alabastro fiorato on tripartite stepped pedestal mounted with foliate garlands, the central screw thread replaced
10½ in. (27 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

This pair of tazze are comparable to a tazza by Francesco Righetti and his son Luigi, now in the Museo di Capodimonte, Napels (illustrated in A. Gonzèlez-Palacios, Il Gusto dei Principi, Arte del Corte del XVIII Secolo, Milan, 1993, fig. 536).

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