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AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT TABLE CASKET

POSSIBLY LUCCA, MID-19TH CENTURY

    Price Realised USD 4,410
    Estimate
    USD 4,000 - USD 6,000
    AN ITALIAN SILVER-GILT TABLE CASKET

    POSSIBLY LUCCA, MID-19TH CENTURY

    Price Realised USD 4,410
    Price Realised USD 4,410
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    Oval, in the Renaissance taste, chased and applied throughout with scrolling foliage, masks, and fantastical creatures, the sides with reliefs depicting scenes from the Garden of Eden flanked by serpent wrapped female term figures, the ends with fully modeled female figures, the conforming hinged cover with spires and four knights, marked on base rim and underside
    101⁄4 in. (26 cm.) long
    64 oz. 6 dwt. (2,000 gr.)
    Provenance
    Anonymous sale; Christie's, Rome, 5-6 June 2001, lot 234.
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