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Furniture du 18th century
Tray in pietra dura, Mattia Valenziani, Naples circa 1780-1790
DIMENSIONS : l. 39.37 .inP. 21.26 .in
MATERIAUX : Pietra dura
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?Rare tray consisting of a slate core veneered with samples of hard stones (pietra dura) framed by a double border of yellow Sienna marble and marble portor.
The central part with geometric perspective decoration of cubes offers a rich variety of stones including traditional basalt and rare volcanic stones with light and dark tones such as rhyolite, trachyte, syenite, rhyodacite, gabbro, diorite... from the different eruptions of Vesuvius.
Good condition, small restorations of use to the edges.
Mattia Valenziani, Naples around 1780-1790.
A similar copy, realized with marbles from the excavations of the villa of Tiberius in Capri, dated 1787 and dedicated to Ferdinand IV published in the book of Alvar González-Palacios, "Il Tempio del Gusto, Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicilie", Milano, 1982, pl. LX, pages 24, 369.
A pair of similar trays, Giovanni Pratesi Collection, Sotheby's Milan sale, March 20, 2023, lot 156 (330 200 euros).
A similar tray, Christie's London sale December 13, 2018 lot 15 (40,000 pounds)
Bibliography : Massimo Tettamanti, "Oggetti vulcanici a Napoli nel Settecento", 2021.
