A North Italian polychrome decorated and parcel-gilt casket, 19th century,...
A North Italian polychrome decorated and parcel-gilt casket, 19th century, the front decorated with Amphitrite, the ends with coats-of-arms within pounced and raised gesso frames, on bracket feet, 57cm high, 61cm wide, 31cm deep Note: the coat-of-arms featuring five crescents is for the Piccolomini family, prominent in Siena from the beginning of the 13th century until the 18th century and which included two popes - Pius II (1405-1464) and his nephew Pius III (1439-1503).
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A North Italian polychrome decorated and parcel-gilt casket, 19th century, the front decorated with Amphitrite, the ends with coats-of-arms within pounced and raised gesso frames, on bracket feet, 57cm high, 61cm wide, 31cm deep Note: the coat-of-arms featuring five crescents is for the Piccolomini family, prominent in Siena from the beginning of the 13th century until the 18th century and which included two popes - Pius II (1405-1464) and his nephew Pius III (1439-1503).
