An Italian gilt-bronze and gilt-brass-mounted pietre dure, ebony and palisander casket, Galleria dei Lavori, Florence last quarter 17th century the five pietre dure panels each featuring branches with flowers and leaves, tied with blue ribbons of lapis lazuli and gilt-brass border, the lid with gilt-bronze mounts at the corners with a double scroll motif and acanthus leaves, the four corners of the body of the casket with female heads above suspended festoons of foliage and fruit in hardstones, carved in the round, on scrolled gilt-bronze feet 33cm. high, 40cm. wide, 34cm. deep;1ft.1in., 1ft.4in., 1ft.1½in.
An Italian gilt-bronze and gilt-brass-mounted pietre dure, ebony and palisander casket, Galleria dei Lavori, Florence last quarter 17th century the five pietre dure panels each featuring branches with flowers and leaves, tied with blue ribbons of lapis lazuli and gilt-brass border, the lid with gilt-bronze mounts at the corners with a double scroll motif and acanthus leaves, the four corners of the body of the casket with female heads above suspended festoons of foliage and fruit in hardstones, carved in the round, on scrolled gilt-bronze feet 33cm. high, 40cm. wide, 34cm. deep;1ft.1in., 1ft.4in., 1ft.1½in.
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