A PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PANELS

LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PANELS
Late 17th early 18th Century
Each with Lapis Lazuli, Rock Crystal, Mother-of-Pearl, Siena, Rosso and Nero Antico marble, depicting a vase issuing foliate scrolls and floral trails and with birds to each angle, with a white marble frame and a later ormolu egg-and-dart frame
32 in. x 18½ in. (81 cm. x 47 cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

An urn of very similar form is on a polychrome pietra dura panel in the Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence (A.M. Giusti, Pietre Dure, London, 1992, plate 115), while the flowerheads on this panel are very reminiscent of those on another panel in the same collection (F. Rossi, La Pittura di Pietra, Florence, 1984).

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