A very fine Italian viola by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi labelled Carolus Ferdinandus Landulphus/fecit Mediolani in Via S. Mar-/garit anno 1768; the two-piece back of faint broad curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of fine grain opening towards the flanks, the varnish of an orange gold colour, the length of back 16.1/8in. (40.9cm)

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A very fine Italian viola by Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi labelled Carolus Ferdinandus Landulphus/fecit Mediolani in Via S. Mar-/garit anno 1768; the two-piece back of faint broad curl, the ribs and scroll similar, the table of fine grain opening towards the flanks, the varnish of an orange gold colour, the length of back 16.1/8in. (40.9cm)

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The fingerboard is numbered P490

Sold with the certificate of William E. Hill & Sons dated London 17 March 1947

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