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AN ITALIAN BAROQUE STYLE SILVERED AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOOD JARDINIÈRE
In the form of a gondola, carved throughout with scrolling acanthus and lions' masks, the bow decorated with the Madonna and Child, the stern carved with skull and crossed bones, on bold lion paw feet, with four later tin liners--30in. (76cm.) high, 99in. (252cm.) long, 27in. (69cm.) deep
A similar gondola form cradle was sold Christie's London, 11 June 1987, lot 187.
In the form of a gondola, carved throughout with scrolling acanthus and lions' masks, the bow decorated with the Madonna and Child, the stern carved with skull and crossed bones, on bold lion paw feet, with four later tin liners--30in. (76cm.) high, 99in. (252cm.) long, 27in. (69cm.) deep
A similar gondola form cradle was sold Christie's London, 11 June 1987, lot 187.