A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SMALL SPECIMEN MARBLE TOPS
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SMALL SPECIMEN MARBLE TOPS
THE SPECIMEN PANELS 17TH CENTURY, THE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BORDER, ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
Each of square form and geometrically inlaid with bianco e nero, brocatelle di spagna, breccia, alabastro, jasper, onyx, pecorella, alabastro and lumachella povanazzo, cotanella antica di san pietro, porta santo, semesanto and verde antico among others, within a black slate border with bead and reel ormolu edge mounts, on modern gilt metal bases joined by an 'X' shaped stretcher
19 1/4 in. (49 cm.) square
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 22 May 2019, lot 296.
Lot Essay
An almost identical specimen marble top, with a conforming geometrical and lozenge-shaped arrangement in related specimen marbles and with a similar beaded ormolu surround, mounted on an elaborately carved giltwood neoclassical tripod base, is conserved in the Fondazione Ivan Bruschi private museum in Arezzo, Italy. The black marble border of the tops here offered, which are preciously mounted with a bead and reel ormolu surround, was most probably added at the end of the 18th or early 19th century to further embellish the exquisite older specimen marble panels within.
THE SPECIMEN PANELS 17TH CENTURY, THE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BORDER, ROME, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
Each of square form and geometrically inlaid with bianco e nero, brocatelle di spagna, breccia, alabastro, jasper, onyx, pecorella, alabastro and lumachella povanazzo, cotanella antica di san pietro, porta santo, semesanto and verde antico among others, within a black slate border with bead and reel ormolu edge mounts, on modern gilt metal bases joined by an 'X' shaped stretcher
19 1/4 in. (49 cm.) square
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 22 May 2019, lot 296.
Lot Essay
An almost identical specimen marble top, with a conforming geometrical and lozenge-shaped arrangement in related specimen marbles and with a similar beaded ormolu surround, mounted on an elaborately carved giltwood neoclassical tripod base, is conserved in the Fondazione Ivan Bruschi private museum in Arezzo, Italy. The black marble border of the tops here offered, which are preciously mounted with a bead and reel ormolu surround, was most probably added at the end of the 18th or early 19th century to further embellish the exquisite older specimen marble panels within.
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SMALL SPECIMEN MARBLE TOPS
Estimate £12,000 - £18,000
Starting Price £6,000
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