Light wood, ebony, bone and stained bone marquetry casket - Lot 13

Light wood, ebony, bone and stained bone marquetry casket An Embriachi marquetry casket Northern Italy, late 15th - early 16th century Embriachi workshop H. 18.8 cm; L. 33.7 cm; W. 19.7 cm Provenance : Thierry de Maigret sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, June 11, 2010, lot 114 ; Collection Jean-Michel Guéneau, Paris. Comparative bibliography : L. Martini, Botttega degli Embriachi. Cofanetti e cassettine tra Gotico e Rinascimento, exhibition catalog, Brescia, 2001. This rectangular, tomb-like box with a projecting lid is made of alla certosina marquetry, combining bone, green-stained bone, ebony and light wood on a softwood frame. It features a geometric decoration of large lozenges, chequered motifs and friezes of chevrons and triangles. Condition: good (a few restored triangles in the upper body frieze and lower corners).