Lot Essay
A Venetian cassone with closely related scrollwork incorporating figures and flanking a central cartouche is illustrated in W. Odom, A History of Italian Furniture, Vol. I, New York, 1966, p. 277, fig. 265.
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AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WALNUT AND PARCEL-GILT CASSONE
With rectangular dentil-moulded top above a panelled front centrally carved with a cartouche flanked by frolicking putti and scrolling vines flanked by sea monsters, the sides mounted with carrying handles, above a gadrooned base on later paw and mask feet (replacements)-25½in. (65cm.) high, 70¼in. (178cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep
With rectangular dentil-moulded top above a panelled front centrally carved with a cartouche flanked by frolicking putti and scrolling vines flanked by sea monsters, the sides mounted with carrying handles, above a gadrooned base on later paw and mask feet (replacements)-25½in. (65cm.) high, 70¼in. (178cm.) wide, 22in. (56cm.) deep