. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. )y inlaid bands of geo-metrical interlacements and sunken panels molded and carvedwith pointed-leaf patternings and occupied alternately bybanded laurel-leaf wreaths and pointed-leaf carved medallions,the centers of which are carved bosses surrounded by curvedGothic traceries. Ihe shaped plinth is carved with bands ofacanthus leaves and enriched flutings and the base is molded. Hchiht. 2 fci-t (
. De luxe illustrated catalogue of the treasures and antiquities illustrating the golden age of Italian art, belonging to the famous expert and antiquarian, Signor Stefano Bardini, of Florence, Italy;. )y inlaid bands of geo-metrical interlacements and sunken panels molded and carvedwith pointed-leaf patternings and occupied alternately bybanded laurel-leaf wreaths and pointed-leaf carved medallions,the centers of which are carved bosses surrounded by curvedGothic traceries. Ihe shaped plinth is carved with bands ofacanthus leaves and enriched flutings and the base is molded. Hchiht. 2 fci-t () inches: Joujth, (i fai 1 inch: icidth, 2 feet 1 inch.(lUustrated). 769—Fifteenth Cextuky Ilokextine Gesso DecoratedCassoneRectangular shape, with inokled, domed, hinged Hd and friezedecorated with gilt gesso work on green ground in a patternof scrolls, Aolutes and trefoils. The front is decorated with apanel hordered hy a raised molding and occupied by gilt gessowork on a green ground in a pattern of m-n-shapcd vases, acan-thus-leaf scrollings and large flowers, with a circidar medallionin the center enclosing a shield charged with a coat-of-arms ona red ground, the whole flanked by two paneled pilasters withacanthus-leaf capitals and shafts decorated in gesso work withstems of pointed leaves rising from urn-shaped vases. Thesides are decorated with panels of gilt gesso Avork on greengrounds in a pattern of cusped quatrefoil Gothic tracery, andthe plinth with a band of gesso work in a pattern of scrolls,volutes, pointed leaves and vases. INIolded base. Height, -2 feet !) inehe.^; length, (i feet i^. iiiehes; -,dilfh. 2 feet21/i iHIun
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