Auction 390 Part 2 Antiques and Modern and Contemporary Art
By Palácio do Correio Velho
Dec 14, 2021
Calçada do Combro, 38 A - 1º 1200-114 Lisboa Portugal
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LOT 0328:

Contador italiano com embutidos marfim

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Sold for: €26,000
Start price:
15,000
Estimated price :
€15,000 - €30,000
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Contador italiano com embutidos marfim
Important Italian apparatus counter, Renaissance style, from the century. XIX, in ebony, decorated with inlaid and ivory carvings. Box with architectural structure with three doors and three drawers, resting on a base supported by two perfectly shaped sculptures, representing "Moorish Venetians" kneeling on a rectangular platform, on six feet, with three drawers. Renaissance decoration in carved ivory contrasting with ebony, representing: classic figures such as Venus and Cupid; Bacchus, scowls, perfectly shaped putti, masks, hybrid figures, friezes with vegetal windings, panels with geometric pattern fillets and architectural elements such as pediments, volutes and columns. Central door containing a small templet inside with a hatch and six drawers inside; and sides with shelves. Century locks XIX. Faults, faults and defects. Dim. approx.: 265 x 150 x 65 cm.