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PEUT-ÊTRE FLORENCE, OPIFICIO DELLE PIETRE DURE, VERS 1810-1820

    Price Realised EUR 12,600
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    EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000
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    TABATIÈRE ITALIENNE EN OR ET PIETRA DURA

    PEUT-ÊTRE FLORENCE, OPIFICIO DELLE PIETRE DURE, VERS 1810-1820

    Price Realised EUR 12,600
    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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    Price Realised EUR 12,600
    Closed: 22 Nov 2023
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    Rectangulaire, les côtés et le fond en lapis-lazuli, le couvercle formé d’une panneau en marbre blanc incrusté d’une mosaïque en agate, lapis-lazuli et malachite figurant un bouquet de fleurs dans un panier posé sur une terrasse de pierre, le bord en rubans torsadés polychromes avec des fleurons à chaque coin, la monture en or ciselée d’une branche feuillagée enrubannée, poinçon sur la gorge: petite garantie de l’or 1809-1819; dans un écrin en cuir associé
    L.: 8,4 cm. (33⁄8 in.)
    Poids brut: 133 gr. (4 oz. 5 dwt.)
    Provenance
    Vente Christie's, Genève, 16 mai 1995, lot 22.
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    AN ITALIAN GOLD-MOUNTED PIETRA-DURA SNUFF-BOX
    PROBABLY FLORENCE, OPFICIO DELLE PIETRE DURE, CIRCA 1810-1820
    Rectangular, the sides and base in lapis-lazuli, the cover inlaid with a white marble panel encrusted with a pietra-dura mosaic depicting a basket of flowers in lapis-lazuli, agate and malachite, within a border of agate and lapis-lazuli forming a ribbon-twist pattern, the gold mounts engraved with ribboned foliage, marked on flange with French control mark 1809-1819

    The motifs of this box can be attributed to Carlo Carlieri, active at the Opificio from 1802 to 1819. This style became in fashion with the return of neoclassical compositions in Florentine pietre dure following archaeological discoveries, and was introduced in the Opificio by the painter Antonio Cioci (1722-1792). These compositions were taken up by his successor, Carlo Carlieri (1781-1822) and became very popular during the Napoleonic era.
    This snuffbox is similar to the one sold at Sotheby's, London, June 7, 2007, lot 96. For comparisons, see Anna Maria Giusti, Il Museo dell'Opificio delle Pietre Dure a Firenze, 1978, vol. I, figs. 469-478; flight. II, p. 84 and Charles Truman, The Gilbert Collection of Gold Boxes, vol. I, 1991, p. 4.
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