Casket, Ferrara - Gold, Wood, Tablet - Late 15th / early 16th century

Casket in Ferrarese Pastiglia Dimensions: 18x11 H 13 cm Casket Workshop: Amour Ecouen Good state of conservation, small lacks and wear on the lid original feet. In 1984, Patrik de Winter, in a general but fruitful study on the subject of Renaissance boxes and caskets in pastille, made known a large body of specimens, attributing them to different workshops and dividing them into groups, This particular box has the particular characteristics attributable to this shop (the flowers in the horizontal pyramid of the lid and the small columns decorated with plant movements) a distinctive feature is the pyramid-shaped lid. Each facade represents a mythological epic scene Ref. Pastiglia boxes of the Italian Renaissance, Brixiantiquaria, Delfo