AN ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND GLASS-INSET RELIQUARY BOX
Lot 353

AN ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND GLASS-INSET RELIQUARY BOX

PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY AND LARGELY RE-DECORATED

Closed20 October 2023

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AN ITALIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED, PARCEL-GILT AND GLASS-INSET RELIQUARY BOX
PROBABLY LATE 16TH CENTURY AND LARGELY RE-DECORATED
With beveled glass panels within borders decorated in gilt with foliate rinceaux, the interior similarly decorated, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high, 9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) wide, 9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) wide

The Estate of Marietta Tree; Christie's, New York, 17 October 1992, lot 85.
Acquired from the above by Ann and Gordon Getty.

Specialist note

For a very similar example in a rectangular form see Hans Huth, Lacquer of the West: the History of a Craft and an Industry 1550-1950, Chicago, 1971, p. 10, pl. 20b.