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BY ANTONIO CATALANO, PALERMO, DATED 1872
Details
AN ITALIAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID, PAINTED AND CARVED WALNUT CENTRE TABLE
BY ANTONIO CATALANO, PALERMO, DATED 1872
The tilt-top with inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration around a central panel painted with the Piazza San Marco in Venice, above a tripod base set with three putti and medallions of scenes from the Veneto, one of the lower medallions dated '1872'
37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 56 in. (142 cm.) diameter
BY ANTONIO CATALANO, PALERMO, DATED 1872
The tilt-top with inlaid mother-of-pearl decoration around a central panel painted with the Piazza San Marco in Venice, above a tripod base set with three putti and medallions of scenes from the Veneto, one of the lower medallions dated '1872'
37 ¾ in. (96 cm.) high; 56 in. (142 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Antonio Catalano, Palermo, and by descent to his grandson until sold; Sotheby's, London, 8 July 2008, lot 368.
Exhibited
Milan, Esposizione Nazionale, 1881 (Bronze medal, Group VIII, class 38-39).
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