Lot Essay
The form of this cassone bears similarities to Florentine cassones of the 16th century
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POSSIBLY LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
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AN ITALIAN PAINTED AND GILTWOOD CASSONE
POSSIBLY LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
Of sarcophagus form, the hinged cover centred by grostesque mask amidst carved scrolling foliage with guilloche border and egg-and-tongue edge, the front carved with winged griffins emerging from scrolling foliage and flanking a cartouche with four crosses and a twin sea horses below a crown, on paw feet, the reverse with depositry label DUNN'S DEPOSITORIES BROMLEY KENT MRS A. PEPPER 31-7-30, later decorated
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 44¼ in. (112.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
POSSIBLY LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY, LATER DECORATED
Of sarcophagus form, the hinged cover centred by grostesque mask amidst carved scrolling foliage with guilloche border and egg-and-tongue edge, the front carved with winged griffins emerging from scrolling foliage and flanking a cartouche with four crosses and a twin sea horses below a crown, on paw feet, the reverse with depositry label DUNN'S DEPOSITORIES BROMLEY KENT MRS A. PEPPER 31-7-30, later decorated
26¾ in. (68 cm.) high; 44¼ in. (112.5 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep
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