STONE: Marble and Hardstones
STONE: Marble and Hardstones
PROPERTY FROM THE ROSALINDE AND ARTHUR GILBERT COLLECTION
AN ITALIAN RED AND GREEN PORPHYRY, VITREOUS PASTE AND MARBLE TABLE TOP, ROME, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO SIBILIO FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, ON A LATER EMPIRE STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND MAHOGANY BASE
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December 4, 11:48 AM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property From The Rosalinde And Arthur Gilbert Collection
AN ITALIAN RED AND GREEN PORPHYRY, VITREOUS PASTE AND MARBLE TABLE TOP, ROME, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO SIBILIO FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, ON A LATER EMPIRE STYLE GILT-BRONZE AND MAHOGANY BASE
tabletop with a design of concentric bands inlaid with geometrical patterns, with a complex star motif in the centre
82cm. high, 69.5cm. diameter; 2ft. 8¼in., 2ft. 3⅜in.
Charles J. Winston, New York, 1974.
A. M. Massinelli, with contributions by Jeanette Hanisee Gabriel, Hardstones: The Gilbert Collection, London, 2000, cat. no. 24, pp. 88-89.
Related Literature
Gonzalez-Palacios,`Lavori di Sibilio', L'Armadio Delle Meraviglie, Milan, 1991, p. 86.
M. S. Newby, ‘Francesco Sibilio and the Re-use of Ancient Roman Glass in the 19th century’, Annales du 16e Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre Nottingham
, 2005, pp. 401-404.
See catalogue note at SOTHEBYS.COM