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A pair of Italian rosso antico tazze signed by Benedetto Boschetti, Rome, mid-19th century

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January 19, 03:07 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A pair of Italian rosso antico tazze signed by Benedetto Boschetti, Rome,

mid-19th century


the shallow square bowl with an interior carved with foliate bosses within an egg-and-dart border and a lobed body with a handle to each side below a rosette and leaf border, on a fluted spreading stem, raised on a rosso antico and black marble square base, both signed B. BOSCHETTI / ROMA

each 41cm. high, 33.5cm. wide; 1ft. 4⅛in., 1 ft. 1¼in.

This pair of tazze is an addition to the oeuvre of Benedetto Boschetti, established in Rome circa 1820 on Via Condotti. Key characteristics of his work which successfully catered to the demand of Grand Tourists include meticulously carved stones, the shape of the tazza, thin reliefs and key neoclassical decorative elements such as masks, egg and dart friezes, rosettes and gadroons.


While Benedetto Boschetti is to date not well documented, he is listed in 1856, by Bonfigli in the Artistical Directory or Guide to the Studios of The Italian and Foreign Painters and Sculptors, Rome, 1856, which stated, 'The Establishment is particularly conspicuous for its great variety of marble works, bronzes, candelabras, table tops, ets. besides a rich collection of the best mosaics and shell engravings' and Boschetti had 'attained the Prize Medal at the Exhibition in London'. Boschetti is also mentioned in the 1858, 1867 and 1869 editions of Murray's Handbook, p.XXVI, sec. 36.