Lot 27
  • 27

Italie, Venise, vers 1500, Ateliers des Embriachi Coffret

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
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Description

  • Coffret
  • en marqueterie d'os, de bois et de corne
  • 16 x 30,5 x 19,5 cm; 6 1/3 by 12 by 7 2/3 in.

Literature

L. Syson, D. Thornton, Objects of Vertue. Art in Renaissance Italy, London, 2001, pp. 58-61, ill. 41-42; P. Williamson, G. Davies, Victoria and Albert Museum: Medieval Ivory Carvings, 1200-1550, part II, London, 2014, pp. 751-860

Condition

Very good condition overall. A few minor replacements, consistent with age, in particular a replaced element in wood to the lower back of the bottom edge and to the edge of the lid, as well as a few replacements to the bone edge of the lid (at the corners), and bottom edge. A hole in the front where the lock was placed. Very fine casket with reasonnable estimate.
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Catalogue Note

Issu d'une famille aristocratique de Florence et éduqué en Avignon, Baldassare Ubriachi meurt à Venise vers 1406. Selon les recherches récentes de P. Williamson (op.cit.), Baldassare fut marchand et diplomate qui fonda et notamment finança ces ateliers de marqueterie. Le nom de ‘Baldesario de Ubriaghi’ fut transformé par les historiens au cours des années en Embriachi.  D'abord basé à Florence, les ateliers de Ubriachi furent transférés à Venise en 1395 pour se spécialiser dans la production de coffrets en marqueterie de bois teintés, d'os et de corne à motifs de frises géométriques, dit "certosina", mêlés - pour certains - de reliefs sculptés en os. Un coffret similaire à celui présenté ici a été vendu par Sotheby's à Londres, le 2 juillet 2013, lot 54 (vendu £16 250).