. 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;. 1^ y 613—SixTEEXTii Cextukv Florentine Inlaid Walnut CassoneRectangular shape. ^Molded domed liiiiged lid with sunkenpaneled top and edge carved with shallow flutings. The frontis formed as a raised molded panel, occupied hy inlay workof colored woods in a design of a central scrolled armorial es-cutcheon on a rectangular plinth, surmounted hy a ducal coronetand flanked hy two seated winged (iii
. 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;. 1^ y 613—SixTEEXTii Cextukv Florentine Inlaid Walnut CassoneRectangular shape. ^Molded domed liiiiged lid with sunkenpaneled top and edge carved with shallow flutings. The frontis formed as a raised molded panel, occupied hy inlay workof colored woods in a design of a central scrolled armorial es-cutcheon on a rectangular plinth, surmounted hy a ducal coronetand flanked hy two seated winged (iiiKiriiii extending theirhands to two amhulant leopards, who ai-e sui-roundcd l)v scrollsof acanthus leaves and flowers. ^Vt the angles are male andfemale caryatid figures with voluted acanthus-leaf termina-tions. Incurved hase carved with curved astragalled flutingsand acanthus leaves. On carved paw feet. Hciyhf. 2 feet -i inches: Icin/th. 4 frcf 10 iiichrs; drpfli. 2 feet 3 iiichc!. (JUitstrdted) 614—Sixteenth Centuuy Florentine Carved Walnut CassoxeSarcophagus-shaped, with molded, domed and hinged lid andan incurved frieze carved wntli astragalled flutings. The lowerpart of hody carved wit
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