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An Italian walnut and olivewood painted folding games board of Lotto, Venice mid 18th century
Estimate
1,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- 69cm. high by 65cm. wide (open); 2ft. 3in., 2ft. 1½in.
the veneered exterior opening to reveal an interior painted with thirty-six panels decorated with various scenes with inscriptions in a border of medallions and rocaille and with shield shape bosses with inscriptions, inscribed on exterior in red ink, ' X 29.931 '; some refreshment to painted decoration
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Comparative Literature:
Hans Huth, Lacquer of the West, London, 1971, fig. 120, for a similar lacquer Lotto board.