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AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE PEN-TRAY
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AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE PEN-TRAY

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN GREEN SERPENTINE MARBLE PEN-TRAY
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
In the form of an antique bath on paw feet, with twin serpent handles, on plinth base, losses to one handle
11¾ in. (30 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

This 'Grand Tour' pen-tray is conceived in the French/antique manner - its serpent handles recalling Athena/Minerva as goddess of wisdom. Its form derives from the Aldobrandini 'Antique bathing Vase' illustrated in Charles Tatham's, Etchings ... of Ancient Ornamental Architecture, 1799.