Sale 8009
London
|
8 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 8,750
Estimate
A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR PIETRA DURA PLAQUES OF PLAYING CHILDREN AND COURTING COUPLES FLORENTINE, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY Each scene within a slate border and in a modern frame; one plaque with the remains of three paper labels, one inscribed '...IMBER...'; loss to the border of one plaque 11 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (30.2 x 20 cm.) the plaques (2)
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