拍品 657
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A PAIR OF CARVED WALNUT MODELS OF RECUMBENT UNICORNS, possibly a male and female?, formed as corner supports for a centre table, each raised on associated rectangular plateaux, with canted, angles, applied with brass plaques inscribed Lioconi Accosciatei Provenienze Casa Stuart the Unicorns -- 16½ x 17¼in. (41.8 x 43.7cm.) long, respectively.

细节
A PAIR OF CARVED WALNUT MODELS OF RECUMBENT UNICORNS, possibly a male and female?, formed as corner supports for a centre table, each raised on associated rectangular plateaux, with canted, angles, applied with brass plaques inscribed Lioconi Accosciatei Provenienze Casa Stuart the Unicorns -- 16½ x 17¼in. (41.8 x 43.7cm.) long, respectively.

拍品专文

The present models are similative to a design published Jaques Androuet Ducerceau a print of circa 1560, representing sphinxes and a mythical sea beast, as used in the celebrated Sea Dogs table at Hardwick Hall. The design is reproduced in Furniture Design Before 1650, by Simon Jervis, Furniture History Society, 1974.