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AN ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE
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AN ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN SPECIMEN MARBLE AND GILTWOOD CENTRE TABLE
Early 19th century
The circular top inset with a radiating pattern of various specimen marbles including verde antico, portor, lumachella, pietra paesina, giallo, alabastro fiorito and egiziane centred by a circular micro-mosaic medaillon of flowerheads, the outer giltwood rim with bead-and-reel moulding, on a naturalistically carved giltwood grapevine stem with leaves and a rockwork base supported by four tortoises, on later English castors, with losses to micro-mosaic, the outer giltwood rim probably replaced, the top and base possibly associated
31½ in. (80 cm.) high; 18½ in. (47 cm.) diam.
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拍品專文

This charming table combines a colourful top of various specimen marbles with a naturalistically carved support wreathed with grapevines on a rockwork base supported by tortoises. The distinctive design of the support is inspired by Roman 17th century baroque prototypes, most particularly a table in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, attributed to the celebrated Italian baroque architect and sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, carved in the form of a tree and supporting his figure of San Lorenzo (see A. González-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicilie, 1984, Milan, vol. I, p. 56, fig. VII). Two designs for related tables in the Stockholm National Museum are illustrated op. cit.,vol. II, figs. 181-2. See lot 40 in this sale for a pair of Roman consoles with supports in the form of oak trees, also inspired by these designs.