A rare 17th-Century French violoncello, Parisian school, labelled Antonnius & Hieronymus, Fr. Amati,/Cremonen. Andre file 1699; the two-piece back of faint irregular curl, decorated with gold and polychrome decorative appliqu, the ribs similar, the later scroll of strong medium curl, the table of medium grain, the varnish of a red brown colour, length of back 296in (75.1cm)