An Italian wedding casket, Venice or Florence, 1450 circa
Auction Closed
March 25, 04:59 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
bone, horn and wood
22.5 cm high, 36 cm wide, 24 cm deep; inches 8¾ by 14¼ by 9½
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Christie's Paris, 7 November 2012, lot. 73.
Luciana Martini, Bottega degli Embriachi: cofanetti e cassettine fra Gotico e Rinascimento, exhibition catalogue, Brescia, 2001, n. 12, p. 58.
