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AN ITALIAN GILT-BRONZE, PORPHYRY,
LAPIS LAZULI AND HARDSTONE-
MOUNTED COLLECTOR'S CABINET
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The frieze with dentil molding, the lapis border enclosing
two porphyry cabinet doors enclosing a fall-front
compartment engraved with a classical scene, a drawer
above and below separated by hardstone and cameo-
mounted bands, with a further drawer to the bottom, the
reverse engraved with a snake
23 in. (58.5 cm.) high, 16º in. (41.5 cm.) wide, 7Ω in.
(19 cm.) deep
$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE:
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

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A SET OF FOUR NORTH ITALIAN PALE-
BLUE, POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND
PARCEL-GILT ARMCHAIRS
POSSIBLY VENICE, LATE 18TH CENTURY 1008
Each crested with flowers above a shield-form back, with
scrolling arms raised on twisting fluted legs (4)
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:
Elizabeth N. Graham (Elizabeth Arden); Park-Bernet
Galleries, Inc., New York, 9 November 1968, lot 147.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

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