Lot Essay
A virtually identical placque was sold Christie's East, 24 April 1990, lot 213
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AN ITALIAN PIETRA DURA PICTORIAL PLACQUE
Of rectangular form, depicting a seated priest receiving two hens and a bottle of wine from a smiling peasant woman, within a black marble frame inscribed, 'Buona Pasqua', inlaid with a variety of specimen marbles including; agate, quartz, griotte, siena, porphyry, jasper and serpentine--8¾in. (22cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide
Of rectangular form, depicting a seated priest receiving two hens and a bottle of wine from a smiling peasant woman, within a black marble frame inscribed, 'Buona Pasqua', inlaid with a variety of specimen marbles including; agate, quartz, griotte, siena, porphyry, jasper and serpentine--8¾in. (22cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide