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PROBABLY VENICE, 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT WALNUT BOAT-FORM CASKET
PROBABLY VENICE, 19TH CENTURY
In the form of a gondola, the removable upper section with glazed sides and pierced parcel-gilt cartouches enclosing winged figures and swans, on scrolled feet, the lid not an exact fit but probably original, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high, 30 in. (76.5 cm.) long
PROBABLY VENICE, 19TH CENTURY
In the form of a gondola, the removable upper section with glazed sides and pierced parcel-gilt cartouches enclosing winged figures and swans, on scrolled feet, the lid not an exact fit but probably original, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.) high, 30 in. (76.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Property of a Princely Family; Sotheby's, London, 16 December 1998, lot 170.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
Exhibited
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Casanova: The Seduction of Europe, February 10 - May 28, 2018.
Brought to you by
Elizabeth Seigel
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections