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PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A Roman micromosaic and giltwood centre table
CIRCA 1860
Details
A Roman micromosaic and giltwood centre table
Circa 1860
The rectangular top centred with an oval reserve depicting Pliny's Doves, after the Antique, surrounded by scrolling foliage and flowers against a white ground, the corners each with a butterfly, within a geometric patterned blue-ground outer band, within a guilloche-moulded ormolu rim, on a columnar trestle base with baluster stretcher and carved with dolphin-head feet
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 52 3/8 in. (134 cm.) wide; 27½ in. (69.9 cm.) deep
Circa 1860
The rectangular top centred with an oval reserve depicting Pliny's Doves, after the Antique, surrounded by scrolling foliage and flowers against a white ground, the corners each with a butterfly, within a geometric patterned blue-ground outer band, within a guilloche-moulded ormolu rim, on a columnar trestle base with baluster stretcher and carved with dolphin-head feet
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 52 3/8 in. (134 cm.) wide; 27½ in. (69.9 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 12 October 1988, lot 161 ($49,500).