Lot n° 181
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
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: 19 200EUR
A pair of inlaid polychrome hardstone plaques on parangon, d - Lot 181
A pair of inlaid polychrome hardstone plaques on parangon, depicting parrots. Molded gilt bronze frames.
Italy, Opificio delle pietre dure, 17th century.
Height: 24 cm - Width: 21 cm
The Musée du Louvre owns a pair of cabinets made by Joseph Baumhauer around 1770, using old hardstone panels decorated with similar birds (OA 5448-49). They were completed by a third cabinet made by Jacob-Desmalter around 1813 (OA 5450°), again with the same hardstone birds.
Bibliography
- Château de Versailles, Tableaux de pierres dures, Paris, RMN 1992, pages 36 ff.
- Musée du Louvre (inv 13752).
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