PROBABLY CATALONIAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY,

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A SPANISH RENAISSANCE IVORY-INALID WALNUT CASSONE,
Probably Catalonian, Second Half 16th Century,
With rectangular top enclosing a fitted compartment above a panelled frieze inlaid with geometric designs with a panelled door enclosing three long drawers above a molded base and scroll feet, inlaid throughout with Hispano-Moresque stars, with old shipping label to the underside FERRO-CARRILES, DE LERIDA A RELS Y TARRAGON, GRAN VELOCIDAD, de ALOX..., Lans, espedition 16..., molded base and one foot replaced
22¼in. (56.5cm.) high, 54¼in. (138cm.) wide, 21¾in. (55cm.) deep

注意事項

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拍品專文

This style of cassone with its intricate decoration of inlaid stars and flowers displays the popular influence of Hispano-Moresque designs in Renaissance Spain. Generally called, Arca de nova (Brial Arch), because of its arched decoration to the interior of the lid, its overall form with three square panels divided by pilasters and a cabinet door to the right enclosing drawers is typical of cassone produced in the region of Catalonia. In the 16th Century, Catalonia was the center of production for intricate and elaborate pieces such as this, and was influenced in part by the certosina work produced in northern Italy at the same period. Inlaid work from Catalonia is distinguished by its more modest use of inlaid decoration. Similar objects can be found in María Paz Aguilo Alonsó, El Mueble en España Siglos XVI-XVII, Madrid, 1993, pp. 198-209.