Lotto 1133 - A206 Arti decorative - giovedì, 21. settembre 2023, 10h00
INLAID GAME BOX WITH CHESS BOARD AND TRICTRAC
Spain, 16th century
Wood, ebony, in part tinted woods and bone finely inlaid with mosaics, stylized rosettes, flowers and blossoms. Rectangular box, the side walls inlaid with geometric light/dark friezes. The box can fold open, the inside with a trictrac board, the outside with a chess board. Iron closure.
50 × 31 (62) × 8 cm.
Various losses, missing veneer parts and cracks in the leg and structure.
Provenance:
- Esbola and Harbeson collection.
- Auction Sotheby's Park Bernett New York, October 5, 1979, lot No. 550.
- Swiss private collection.
The inlay technique goes back to forms from the Orient, and was widespread in the Spanish-Moorish cultural area. It is related to the so-called "Certosina" inlay that was popular in Upper Italy during the Renaissance, the name of which can be traced back to work in the church of the Carthusian monastery of Pavia (Certosa di Pavia). The game box on offer is mentioned in the literature and described there as a Spanish work (Cf. Victor Keats. Chessmen - for Collectors. London 1985. p. 49, No. 45). Another, very similar box is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Cf. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Playing Worlds of Art. Vienna 1998. p. 99, cat. No. 24.)
Provenance:
- Esbola and Harbeson collection.
- Auction Sotheby's Park Bernett New York, October 5, 1979, lot No. 550.
- Swiss private collection.
The inlay technique goes back to forms from the Orient, and was widespread in the Spanish-Moorish cultural area. It is related to the so-called "Certosina" inlay that was popular in Upper Italy during the Renaissance, the name of which can be traced back to work in the church of the Carthusian monastery of Pavia (Certosa di Pavia). The game box on offer is mentioned in the literature and described there as a Spanish work (Cf. Victor Keats. Chessmen - for Collectors. London 1985. p. 49, No. 45). Another, very similar box is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Cf. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. Playing Worlds of Art. Vienna 1998. p. 99, cat. No. 24.)
CHF 12 000 / 18 000 | (€ 12 370 / 18 560)
Venduto per CHF 32 500 (incl. premio)