A SET OF SIX ITALIAN FRAMED PIETRA DURA PANELS 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE DESIGN BY JACQUES CALLOT
Details
Each within a giltwood frame, the panels depicting jesters juggling, knife-throwing, fire-breathing, dancing and playing musical instruments, the stones including lapis lazuli, verde antico, rosso antico, porphyry and with mother-of-pearl on a black Belgian marble ground, in later giltwood frames The smaller plaques: 51⁄2 in. (14 cm.) high; 71⁄2 in. (18 cm.) wide The smaller including frames: 7 in. (18 cm.) high; 83⁄4 in. (22 cm.) wide The larger plaques: 6 in. (15 cm.) high; 10 in. (25 cm.) wide The larger including frames: 7 in. (18 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, 29 May 2012, lot 423 and 425.
Details
Each within a giltwood frame, the panels depicting jesters juggling, knife-throwing, fire-breathing, dancing and playing musical instruments, the stones including lapis lazuli, verde antico, rosso antico, porphyry and with mother-of-pearl on a black Belgian marble ground, in later giltwood frames The smaller plaques: 51⁄2 in. (14 cm.) high; 71⁄2 in. (18 cm.) wide The smaller including frames: 7 in. (18 cm.) high; 83⁄4 in. (22 cm.) wide The larger plaques: 6 in. (15 cm.) high; 10 in. (25 cm.) wide The larger including frames: 7 in. (18 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, 29 May 2012, lot 423 and 425.
