A VERY FINE ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL PARCEL-GILT AND LACQUERED CHINOISERIE TRAY TABLE

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A VERY FINE ITALIAN NEOCLASSICAL PARCEL-GILT AND LACQUERED CHINOISERIE TRAY TABLE

COMPOSED BY AN EARLIER REMOVABLE TRAY TOP ATTRIBUTETED TO VIZZO, DEPICTING A TEA CEREMONY SCENE, WITH FIGURES IN EXOTIC DRESSES, PAGODAS, WHOLE LAVISHLY DECORATED IN POLYCHROMY WITH GOLD CHINOISERIE ON A DARK BROWN GROUND, ABOVE A GILT WOOD FRIEZE AND A CARVED APRON WITH FOLIATES, FLOWERS AND SCROLLS, DIFFERENT ORNAMENTS LIKE PARASOLS, A BED AND A BRIDGE, ON SQUARE TAPERING LEGS WITH FLORAL PAINTED SPRAYS. THE STAND WAS EXPRESSLY MADE FOR THE TRAY THIRTY YEARS LATER.

Venice, Circa 1770 and Circa 1740.

Provenance

A private Milanese collection in 1960’s. Pietro Accorsi gallery in Turin in 1970’s. A private turinese collection.

Literature

● Saul Levy, Lacche Veneziane del Settecento, Gorlich, Milano – 1999, (reprint ed.1967), Volume I, Tav.220-221.
● Saul Levy, Il Mobile Veneziano del Settecento, Gorlich, Milano -1996, (reprint ed.1964), Volume II, Tav. XLIX.
● La Grande Enciclopedia dell’Antiquariato. Vol.II, Pag.45.

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