A RARE VENETIAN CASKET, 16TH CENTURY RARE CASKET, VENETO, 16TH CENTURY made of leather-covered wood and finely pierced metal foil, rectangular in shape with a hinged domed lid. The entire surface of the front is decorated with whirls, masks and sea monsters, motifs that are repeated on the lid, centred by two large masks; handles on the sides and lock on the front in wrought iron. An example similar to ours was sold at Sotheby's in London on 11 December 2002, lot 112; 38x88x34 cm.