AN ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE TABLE TOP

ROMAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE TABLE TOP
ROMAN, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
Of square shape, incorporating porphyry, giallo antico, verde and verde antico, alabastro fiorito, rosso, africano, Sicilian jasper and various types of breccia, set in a geometric composition alternating circular and square reserves within a white marble ground and border
40¼ in. (102 cm.) square

Lot Essay

The design of this specimen marble top reflects exactly a central section of the floor of the Stanza di Leda in Palazzo Rondinini, Rome, wich was executed around 1760. See G. Borghini, Marmi antichi, Rome, 1992, fig. 3.

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