An Italian Collecting Journey - Chapter II | The Online Sale

An Italian Collecting Journey - Chapter II | The Online Sale

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 209. A pair of North Italian carved walnut bellows, probably late 16/early 17th century.

A pair of North Italian carved walnut bellows, probably late 16/early 17th century

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Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

76.5 x 33 x 10cm; 30 1/8in., 13in., 4in.

From the collection of a Roman lady, Rome;

Sotheby's Milan, From the Collections of a Roman Lady. Important Old Master Paintings, Furniture and Works of Art, 18 October 2006, lot. 20.

A similar pair of Tuscan bellows are in Museum Camillo Leone (inv. Nr. 4314). Another described as French with an Italian nozzle is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. nr. 64.101.1226). A third related example, carved from fruitwood, was sold at Bonhams, London, 23 September - 7 October 2025, lot 113).


Finally, similar bellows is in the Musei Civici, Castello Sforzesco, Milan (see E. Colle, n.824).

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