STIPO MONETIERE IN LEGNO EBANIZZATO, CORALLI, TARTARUGA E RAME DORATO, SICILIA, XVII-XVIII SECOLO

architectural layout punctuated by rows of drawers, central temple hatch with concealed secret drawers, entirely ornamented with coral inserts on gilt copper plates and profiles, rests on table of later period and same taste; defects, breaks and faults in veneer, restorations, cracks in back and some drawers, parts to be repositioned, traces of oxidation in gilt parts, the locking systems to be rectified H. cm 62.5, W. cm 106.5, D. cm 39 The table, h. cm 91, w. cm 113, d. cm 43 A SICILIAN EBONIZED WOOD, CORALS, TORTOISESHELL AND GILT COPPER CABINET, 17TH-18TH CENTURY; DEFECTS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, RESTORATIONS, FELURES, PARTS TO BE FIXED, OXIDATION TRACES, LOCK SYSTEM TO BE SERVICED, STAND NOT COEVAL (2) The lot is accompanied by expertise for Cites purposes Reference bibliography: AA. VV., L'arte del corallo in Sicilia, exhibition catalog edited by, Trapani Museo Pepoli March 1-June 1, 1986, Palermo 1986, ad vocem E. Colle, Il mobile Barocco in Italia, Milan 2000, p. 50 M. C. Di Natale, Splendors of Sicily. Decorative Arts from the Renaissance to the Baroque, exhibition catalog edited by, Milan 2001, p. 59, fig. 64 and p. 468, no. 3 AA. VV., Rosso Corallo. Precious Arts of Baroque Sicily, exhibition catalog edited by, Cinisello Balsamo 2008, ad vocem C. Del Mare, M. C. Di Natale, Mirabilia coralli. Baroque coral masterpieces among Jewish and Trapanese craftsmen, exhibition edited by, Naples 2009, ad vocem AA. VV., The Great Coral Masterpieces. Trapani corals of the 17th-18th centuries, exhibition catalog edited by, Cinisello Balsamo 2013, pp. 67-70, nn. 2-5 * The lot has been identified as containing organic materials that may be restricted for import or export (CITES). All potential customers are advised to carefully check import regulations in their respective countries. This lot has been identified at the time of cataloguing as containing organic materials which may be subject to import and export restrictions (CITES). Prospective buyers are advised to check carefully the import and export regulations adopted by their own country of origin.