Large wooden middle table with inlaid ivory... - Lot 166 - Farrando

Lot 166
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Large wooden middle table with inlaid ivory... - Lot 166 - Farrando
Large wooden middle table with inlaid ivory decoration in the centre of a large rosette surrounded by foliage, crossbows and geometric checkerboard motifs. The base is composed of four busts of half-bodied winged women embedded in lion's hocks ending in claws. The X-shaped spacer has a covered vase in the centre. Venetian work, composed of ancient elements. (Cracks and misses) Height: 77 cm - Width: 154 cm - Depth: 122 cm The inlaid decoration of the tray, combining floral motifs of rosettes and foliage, with geometrical checkerboard motifs and latticework of latticework, is inspired by Byzantine art of the 15th and 16th centuries. A ceremonial table, now kept in the Porto-Colleoni castle near Venice, has a similar base with a pattern of winged women halfway up their bodies, set in lion's hocks with claws at the end.
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