Lot no. 16
A CASKET, EMBRIACHI WORKSHOP, FIRST QUARTER 15TH CENTURY CASKET, EMBRIACHI WORKSHOP, FIRST QUARTER 15TH CENTURY made of wood and bone with a bronze handle, rectangular in shape with a sloping lid. The sides of the box, bordered at the corners by carved plaques with figures with club and shield, are decorated with a sequence of vertical carvings with pairs of figures or a single figure and in the background a barely sketched landscape with a simple fringe on the upper edge indicating tree foliage. The lid, on the other hand, is decorated by the usual horizontal plaques with naked winged genii on a background of rose leaves, which on the front hold the shield where the family insignia was painted; 18x19.8x12 cm Comparative literature L. Martini (ed.), "Bottega degli Embriachi". Cofanetti e cassettine tra Gotico e Rinascimento , exhibition cat., Brescia 2001, pp. 38-39 n. 4
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Antique art and decorative objects
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06/12/2024
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