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AN ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONY AND PIETRA DURA CASKET
FLORENCE, LATE 17TH CENTURY
The hinged rectangular top with moulded border centred by a Belgian black marble panel with various hardstones and pietre dure including diaspro di Volterra, diaspro di Boemia e diaspro indiano, amethyst and agate, arranged in the form of fruiting branches, the front, sides and back with similar panels of ribbon-tied fruiting branches, the interior veneered in ebony-banded olivewood, with stepped moulded base, on bun feet
9 in. (23 cm.) high;14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 11¾ in. (30 cm.) deep