Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . DECORATIVE OBJECTS AND PICTURES. 31 lazuli, jasper, onyxes, etc., of many varieties, theentire surface enriched in a most elaborate stylewith panels of cartouche work, inclosing classicalfigures in low relief in repo^issd, 42 inches long and36 inches high, 1,020 guineas; and an oblongcoffre-fort of fine sixteenth century work, withcurious lock, covered with a beautiful network ofperforated steel and metal-gilt, 370 guineas. De-corative Objects : A Louis XIV. sarcophaguscommode of black buhl, with terminal wingedfigures at the
Memorials of Christie's : a record of art sales from 1766 to 1896 . DECORATIVE OBJECTS AND PICTURES. 31 lazuli, jasper, onyxes, etc., of many varieties, theentire surface enriched in a most elaborate stylewith panels of cartouche work, inclosing classicalfigures in low relief in repo^issd, 42 inches long and36 inches high, 1,020 guineas; and an oblongcoffre-fort of fine sixteenth century work, withcurious lock, covered with a beautiful network ofperforated steel and metal-gilt, 370 guineas. De-corative Objects : A Louis XIV. sarcophaguscommode of black buhl, with terminal wingedfigures at the angles in relief, massive mountingsof ormolu, surmounted by a slab of Verona marble,1,030 guineas; an Italian cabinet of the sixteenthcentury of architectural design, with columns oflapis lazuli in relief, inlaid all over with slabs ofrare agates, jaspers, and oynx, from the design ofMichael Angelo, 1,120 guineas; The Seasons, aset of four emblematic busts of the size of life ofold Rouen faience, by Vavasseur, the celebratedpotter, on terminal pedestals, busts 32
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