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207 - Panel from a casket, Italy, Venice, 17th century made of woo…
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Estimate €800 - €1,000
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Description
Panel from a casket, Italy, Venice, 17th century made of wood with gold-painted decoration on a black background on one side featuring grotesques, and on the reverse side featuring arabesques and foliage scrolls, with inlays of faceted rock crystal cabochons, both geometric and multi-lobed H: 30 – W: 43.5 cm Rear frame Signs of wear, damage, losses This panel most likely comes from a type of casket, made in Venice around 1600 and used as reliquaries, jewellery boxes, but also as a case designed to hold linen blessed by the Pope and presented to the male heirs of the great Catholic ruling houses. Marie de Médicis, Queen of France (1573–1642), is said to have received a similar chest filled with baby clothes blessed by Clement VIII (1536–1605) to celebrate the birth of her son. Bibliography: H. Huth, Lacquer of the West: The History of a Craft and an Industry, 1550–1950, Chicago, 1971. London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Splendours of the Gonzaga, 1981–1982, no. 213.
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About the sale Fine Decor, Tableware & Archaeology
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Auction time 06/23/2026 at 2:00 PM
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