AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WALNUT CASSONE

ROMAN, MID-16TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE WALNUT CASSONE
Roman, Mid-16th Century
With raised rectangular top centrally carved with a nereid issuing scrolling foliage carved with birds devouring snails enclosed by Vitruvian scrolls, foliage and scales above a gadrooned incurved frieze, the front carved throughout with scales centered by a fruit and foliate carved wreath above a leaf-tip edge, the sides flanked by winged griffins above a conforming plinth, the back legs of dolphin form
29in. (73.5cm.) high, 78in. (200cm.) wide, 30in. (76cm.) deep

拍品专文

The mate to this cassone is currently on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and can be viewed with the Robert Lehman Collection.