A LARGE OCTAGONAL PIETRA DURA TABLE TOP AFTER A LIGOZZI DESIGN

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Result:

5.180 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

20th century
180 x 180 cm
Inlaid with lapis lazuli, jasper, agate, chalcedony and other marbles and hardstones. The top inlaid with the interiors of the sea with dolphins, dragons, jelly-fish, sea-shells exquisitely inlaid with grotesques, cartouches, foliage and decorative frieze. Minor wear
After the 17th century masterpiece tabletop conserved at Uffizi Gallery at Florence which was designed by Jacopo Ligozzi for the marriage of Ferdinando II de'Medici. Literature: Annamaria Giusti, Pietra Dura, The Art of Semiprecious stones, page no. 92

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