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Lot 11: AN  ITALIAN  SILVER-MOUNTED,  GILT-BRONZE  AND  SILK-LINED  SARCOPHAGUS  JEWEL  CASKETATTRIBUTED  TO  GIOVANNI  GIARDINI  (1646-1722),  ROME,  CIRCA  1700

Est: £40,000 GBP - £60,000 GBP
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJuly 04, 2012

Item Overview

Description

the  spreading  rectangular  cover  surmounted  by  a  sleeping  nymph,  mounted  with  ribbon-tied  swags  and  foliate  scrolls,  enclosing  a  fitted  interior  with  floral-embroidered  lids,  decorated  with  eight  panels  with  battle  scenes  and  other  scenes  relating  to  the  goddess  Diana,  the  front  panel  with  a  drawer  and  four  secret  drawers,  above  a  base  with  three  small  drawers,  on  scrolling  foliate-wrapped  feet,  the  silver  unmarked
48cm.  high,  57cm.  wide,  41cm.  deep;  1ft.  7in.,  1ft.  10½in.,  1ft.  4in.

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Formerly Dutch Private Collection

Auction Details

Treasures, Princely Taste

by
Sotheby's
July 04, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK