AN ITALIAN ROCOCO GILT-BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE

NAPLES, CIRCA 1750

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AN ITALIAN ROCOCO GILT-BRASS-MOUNTED WALNUT, FRUITWOOD AND MARQUETRY COMMODE
Naples, Circa 1750
The later shaped light green marble top above two banded and quarter-veneered drawers each centered by a circular motif enclosing an eight-point star and set with a laughing Bacchus mask keyhole mount, the sides decoratted with the same motif, above a serpentine apron, on cabriole legs with scrolled rocaille sabots, chutes, and angle mounts, stamped 4750, partially remounted
34½in. (87.5cm.) high, 58½in. (148.5cm.) wide, 26¾in. (68cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The unusually generous bombé form and star inlay of this commode are remarkably similar to a Neapolitan commode illustrated in M. Agnelli, ed. Mobili Italiani del Settecento, Milan, 1990. A virtually identical commode sold Sotheby's Monaco, 2 December 1998, lot 334, and another closely related example sold Christie's Milan, 19 May 1998, lot 673.

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