An Italian Collecting Journey - Chapter II

A large gold-mounted lapis lazuli and micromosaic snuffbox, Rome, circa 1805

Alternate Warehouse

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

circular, the lid set with a micromosaic plaque of a serpent wound around a tree trunk threatening a brightly-plumed jay against a pale grey background, within red and dark blue tesserae border and polished gold locket frame, gold mounts, apparently unmarked,

8.5cm., 3 ⅜ in. diameter; the plaque 6 cm, 2 ⅜ in.

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Sotheby’s Paris, 8 November 2012, Lot 56

D. Petochi, I mosaici minuti romani dei secoli XVIII e XIX, Florence 1981, p. 221, n. 9.

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