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Wooden casket with polychrome and gilded "pastiglia" relief decor, Italy 15th c.

$14,903.57

£11,041.31

€12,500

CA$20,417.14

A$22,654.54

CHF 11,866.93

MX$277,805.44

NOK 150,943.31

SEK 142,484.04

DKK 95,084.75

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A rare wooden casket with polychrome and gilded pastiglia relief, Italy, 15th century. The box is adorned with four finely executed scenes from the life of an unknown martyr — beautifully preserved and remarkably vivid after centuries. Dimensions: 15.5 × 10.4 × 9 cm Provenance: Dutch private collection In overall good condition for its age, with minor losses to the surface and possible retouching to the polychromy. The ball feet are likely later additions. Pastiglia [paˈstiʎʎa], an Italian term meaning "pastework", is low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain. The technique was used in a variety of ways in Italy during the Renaissance. White lead pastiglia was a north Italian speciality, produced between about 1450 and 1550. Six workshops were identified by Patrick M. De Winter, although their location remains uncertain; the Workshop of the Love and Moral Themes, whose products seem the most numerous, was possibly at Ferrara, where the painter Cosimo Tura began his career gilding caskets. Venice is also thought to have produced them. Other workshops identified by De Winter include the "Workshop of the main Berlin casket" and "Workshop of the Cleveland Casket". The subjects were typically classical, drawn from both mythology and Ancient Roman history (especially the early period covered by Livy), but biblical ones are also found. Compositions can often be shown to be borrowed from another medium, such as prints or bronze plaquettes, and sections from the same mould can be found repeated, and used on more than one piece. The Victoria and Albert Museum has an armorial casket which is the only example that can be fairly closely dated, using the career of its owner, Cardinal Bernardo Clesio, as it must date to between his elevation as cardinal in 1530 and his resignation as Prince-bishop of Trent in 1538. De Winter catalogued 115 white lead pastiglia caskets, only ten of which were over 20 cm high or deep. Another of this relatively large type was sold at auction in 2010. Despite usually having locks, their thin alderwood frame meant that the caskets were probably too fragile to be used for really valuable items like jewellery, and they are thought to have been used for a variety of small objects including cosmetics and collections of seals, coins and the like. (Wikipedia)

Dimensions:
Height: 3.55 in (9 cm)Width: 6.11 in (15.5 cm)Depth: 4.1 in (10.4 cm)
Style:
Renaissance (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Gesso,Wood
Place of Origin:
Italy
Period:
15th Century and Earlier
Date of Manufacture:
Unknown
Condition:
Refinished. Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Overall in good condition for its age, some small defects to the decor and possibly some retouching to the polychromy, ball feet presumably of later date.
Seller Location:
Gorssel, NL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU8869243304622

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