Stained Bone And Horn Marquetry Casket. Embriachi Workshops, 15c.
Artist: Ateliers Embriachi
Stained bone and horn marquetry casket. Embriachi workshops,15c.
Embriachi workshops, early 15th century.
Measures 8 x 22 x 15 cm.
The casket is a rectangular form, inlaid with bone, green stained bone, ebony, tortoiseshell and boxwood.
The Embriachi workshop was founded by Baldassare degli Embriachi in Venice in the early 15th century. It specialised in caskets which consist of wood carcases mounted with small reliefs of ivory or cow bone and certosina word borders.
Literature:
L. Martini (a cura di), Bottega degli Embriachi. Cofanetti e cassettine tra Gotico e Rinascimento, Brescia, 17-25 novembre 2001; J. von Schlosser, Die Werkstatt der Embriachi in Venedig, in "Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses”, 20, 1899; E. Merlini, La Bottega degli Embriachi e i cofanetti eburnei fra Trecento e Quattrocento, in "Arte Cristiana”, LXXVI (1988); M. Tomasi, La bottega degli Embriachi, Firenze 2001; R.C. Trexler, The Magi enter in Florence. The Ubriachi of Florence and Venice, in "Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History", the University of British Columbia, vol. I, 1978, pp. 127-213.
Embriachi workshops, early 15th century.
Measures 8 x 22 x 15 cm.
The casket is a rectangular form, inlaid with bone, green stained bone, ebony, tortoiseshell and boxwood.
The Embriachi workshop was founded by Baldassare degli Embriachi in Venice in the early 15th century. It specialised in caskets which consist of wood carcases mounted with small reliefs of ivory or cow bone and certosina word borders.
Literature:
L. Martini (a cura di), Bottega degli Embriachi. Cofanetti e cassettine tra Gotico e Rinascimento, Brescia, 17-25 novembre 2001; J. von Schlosser, Die Werkstatt der Embriachi in Venedig, in "Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses”, 20, 1899; E. Merlini, La Bottega degli Embriachi e i cofanetti eburnei fra Trecento e Quattrocento, in "Arte Cristiana”, LXXVI (1988); M. Tomasi, La bottega degli Embriachi, Firenze 2001; R.C. Trexler, The Magi enter in Florence. The Ubriachi of Florence and Venice, in "Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History", the University of British Columbia, vol. I, 1978, pp. 127-213.
12 000 €
Period: Before 16th century
Style: Renaissance, Louis 13th
Condition: Perfect condition
Material: Bone
Length: 22
Height: 8
Depth: 15
Reference (ID): 1213077
Availability: In stock
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