Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . l^k\^J:^^o Asia Minor. 1700. The first impression made by this oldGhiordes is not favorable to its classification among the verybest of its kind: the last impression, derived after an hours con-sideration, is that its equal would be hard to find. It is a superbdecoration a quality lacking in many of the minutely decoratedspecimens. The mihrab. with a fed ground, has a stepped andpointed arch supported on two conventional pilasters havings
Illustrated catalogue of the exceedingly rare and valuable art treasures and antiquities formerly contained in the famous Davanzati Palace, Florence, Italy . l^k\^J:^^o Asia Minor. 1700. The first impression made by this oldGhiordes is not favorable to its classification among the verybest of its kind: the last impression, derived after an hours con-sideration, is that its equal would be hard to find. It is a superbdecoration a quality lacking in many of the minutely decoratedspecimens. The mihrab. with a fed ground, has a stepped andpointed arch supported on two conventional pilasters havingshafts decorated with white lozenges on a green ground andfloriated capitals and bases: sky spandrels, of dark blue, arefilled with curved branches of flowers and leaves in white andred. The panel above is filled with conventionalized flower andleaf forms. The main border is patterned, on an olive greenground, with floral medallions, large palmette-shaped flowersand conventional pointed-leaf forms in white, blue and red. Length, 5 feet f inches; width, f feet 1 •_• inches. (Illustrated).
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