Live Auction 3010The Decorative Arts Sale
A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT PASTIGLIA CASKET
Lot 251

A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT PASTIGLIA CASKET

1480-1500

Closed3 October 2012

Price Realised

EUR 9,375

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A NORTH ITALIAN PARCEL-GILT PASTIGLIA CASKET
1480-1500
The hinged lid applied with portrait medallions flanking the domed finial, all within a raised moulded border, the front panel depicting Actaeon undergoing his transformation into a stag, watched by the bathing Diana and two nymphs, the reverse depicting Orpheus
11cm. high x 16cm. wide x 10.5 cm. deep

Specialist note

A comparable pastiglia casket was sold at Christie's King Street Living with Art, lot 778, 10 february, 2012. Another comparable casket was sold Christie's King Street sale of Important Early European Furniture, Sculpture & Tapestries, lot 254, 9 November 2006.