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AN ITALIAN ADIGE OR POKER AND PEN WORK CEDARWOOD COFFER OF SMALL SIZE, 17TH CENTURY
The hinged plank top and runners beneath with couchant animal masks (locked), the panelled front depicting Orpheus playing a stringed instrument to animals and possibly Eurydice between soldiers and foliate scrolls and central fountain with stipple background on moulded base with similar couchant mask and stretchers with penwork decorated sides
22¾in. (60.5cm.) wide, 13in. (33cm.) high, 15½in. (37cm.) deep
The hinged plank top and runners beneath with couchant animal masks (locked), the panelled front depicting Orpheus playing a stringed instrument to animals and possibly Eurydice between soldiers and foliate scrolls and central fountain with stipple background on moulded base with similar couchant mask and stretchers with penwork decorated sides
22¾in. (60.5cm.) wide, 13in. (33cm.) high, 15½in. (37cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.