
A Pair of Pietre Dure Marquetry Panels
Live auction begins on:
July 1, 01:00 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Italian, Florence, 17th/ 18th century
A Pair of Pietre Dure Marquetry Panels
one of the panels reported to have a paper label to the reverse inscribed ‘...GUINNESS....’
each panel inlaid with pietre dure, lapis lazuli, alabaster, agate, africano, breccia, verde antico, both scenes within later black marble borders
37 by 61.5cm., 14½ by 24¼in. each overall
Probably acquired by the 6th Viscount Powerscourt in Italy and by descent in the Wingfield family at Powerscourt, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, Ireland;
Acquired with Powerscourt by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Slazenger;
By whom sold, Christie's (house sale), 24-25 September 1984, lot 483;
Qizilbash Collection;
By whom sold, Sotheby's, Paris, 28 November 2016, lot 7;
Where acquired by the present owner
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