AN ITALIAN PIETRE DURE CHESS BOARD, ROME EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
December 4, 11:48 AM GTNN
Estimate
6,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN ITALIAN PIETRE DURE CHESS BOARD, ROME EARLY 17TH CENTURY
including Spanish brocatello, breccia di settebasi, alabaster, verde antico, breccia quintilina
39.5 x 39.5cm., 1ft. 3½in.
By repute Marquesses of Headfort
For a comparable chess board in the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid (iv. nr.5443) see González-Palacios, Las Colecciones Reales Españoles de Mosaicos y Piedras Duras, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2001, p.251, nr.47.