拍品 381
381
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY (Lots 381-385)
A PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PANELS

19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PANELS
19th Century
Each oval panel inlaid with a parrot, one standing in a hoop hanging from a tree and with a snake and butterfly, the other standing on a branch, within a verde antico and Siena marble border, restorations, with metal supports to the reverse, one with remains of printed page to the reverse, minor variations in size
13½ in. x 17½ in. (34.5 cm. x 44.5 cm.) (2)

拍品專文

These pietra dura panels are inspired by those executed in the Grand Ducal workshops in Florence, such as those in the Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden, depicting parrots in hoops and sitting among foliage (A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Milan, 1986, pp. 149-150, figs. 270-274).