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Last arrival Early river stone sculpture by Guido Moretti: analysis and history
Early river stone sculpture by Guido Moretti: analysis and history
Technical file summary Subject: Stylized female face (Mask) Artist: Guido Moretti (Gardone Val Trompia, 1947 – 2025) Signature: "GUIDO" incised a graffietto on the reverse; complementary studio annotations in pencil...
Last arrival Monumental Murano glass lidded urn with marine finial: attribution to Seguso Vetri d’Arte for Lorin Marsh, New York, 1980s
Monumental Murano glass lidded urn with marine finial: attribution to Seguso Vetri d’Arte for Lorin Marsh, New York, 1980s
Concise Descriptive Datasheet Object typology: monumental lidded exhibition urn Philological attribution: Seguso Vetri d’Arte manufacture Commission and distribution: Lorin Marsh showroom, Decoration and Design Building, New York  Chronological placement: late...
Last arrival Two Zaccagnini ceramic Russian borzoi greyhounds from 1947: mid-century Florentine art sculpture
Two Zaccagnini ceramic Russian borzoi greyhounds from 1947: mid-century Florentine art sculpture
Short description   Exquisite glazed earthenware sculptural group depicting two Russian Borzoi greyhounds, signed and dated 1947 by the renowned Ugo Zaccagnini ceramic manufactory in Florence. A rare and collectible...
Last arrival Set of four vintage 1970s cantilever chairs in chrome tubular steel and brown saddle leather attributed to Cidue in the style of Willy Rizzo
Set of four vintage 1970s cantilever chairs in chrome tubular steel and brown saddle leather attributed to Cidue in the style of Willy Rizzo
Academic abstract / Description   This exceptional set of four mid-century modern cantilever armchairs, dating from the mid-1970s, represents a pinnacle of the Italian luxury modernism movement. The design features...
Last arrival Vintage Murano swirl glass table lamp, Venini  1970s
Vintage Murano swirl glass table lamp, Venini 1970s
Summary description   An elegant 1970s vintage table lamp (height 17 cm, diameter 30 cm), natively engineered as a tabletop lighting fixture. The oblate spheroidal diffuser is hand-blown in Murano...
"Birillo" Murano glass floor lamp by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, circa 1970s
"Birillo" Murano glass floor lamp by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, circa 1970s
Academic descriptive datasheet  Title: "Birillo" Murano glass floor lamp by Carlo Nason for Mazzega, circa 1970s Designer: Carlo Nason (Venice, b. 1935) Manufacturer: A.V. Mazzega (Murano, Italy) Period: circa 1969–1975...
Pair of "Galassia" armchairs by Ferdinando Buzzi for Brunati – 1970s design icons in molded polystyrene and corduroy
Pair of "Galassia" armchairs by Ferdinando Buzzi for Brunati – 1970s design icons in molded polystyrene and corduroy
Academic description    This exceptional pair of Galassia model armchairs constitutes a seminal milestone in early 1970s Italian radical design, conceived by the distinguished architect Ferdinando Buzzi and manufactured by...
Monumental submerged glass shark in smoky monochrome by Seguso Vetri d'Arte – Murano, 1960s
Monumental submerged glass shark in smoky monochrome by Seguso Vetri d'Arte – Murano, 1960s
Academic catalogue entry and provenance analysis    This monumental mid-century Murano glass zoomorphic sculpture depicts a shark captured in an elegant display of hydro-dynamic propulsion, executed by the renowned venetian...
Pair of baroque poplar wood ceroferary Angels - 17th-century lombard wooden sculpture, Como school
Wooden sculptures
Pair of baroque poplar wood ceroferary Angels - 17th-century lombard wooden sculpture, Como school
Academic descriptive summary  Artwork gverview An extraordinary and rare pair of full-length, polychrome, and gilded wooden sculptures depicting ceroferary (candle-bearing) angels. This pendant pair stands as a definitive masterpiece of...
Rare 1946 chinese oil-paper parasol executive headquarters military mediation commission
Art objects
Rare 1946 chinese oil-paper parasol executive headquarters military mediation commission
Executive descriptive summary Artifact Type: Traditional Chinese oil-paper and bamboo parasol (Youshan). Chronology / Dating: Republic of China (ROC), circa 1946–1947. Historical Significance: A highly scarce and important political artifact...
18th-century monumental silvered copper lavabo basin with heraldic punches – 51 cm
Copper
18th-century monumental silvered copper lavabo basin with heraldic punches – 51 cm
Concise academic descriptive catalogue Artifact Classification: Monumental ceremonial lavabo basin / Secular and liturgical parade dish Chronology and Dating: 18th century / First half of the Settecento (circa 1720–1750) Substrate...
An important late 17th-century lombard baroque carved and gilded wood altar balustrade
Wooden sculptures
An important late 17th-century lombard baroque carved and gilded wood altar balustrade
An important late 17th-century lombard baroque carved and gilded wood altar balustrade Technical specifications Typology: Altar balustrade / Monumental liturgical furnishing façade Period: Late 17th century (Lombard Late Baroque, c....
Simon Troger walnut and ivory sculpture - 44x37x17 cm
Wooden sculptures
Simon Troger walnut and ivory sculpture - 44x37x17 cm
A late baroque masterpiece unveiled  Polymaterial fascination and technical virtuosity unite in this extraordinary authentic sculptural group by the Tyrolean master Simon Troger (1683–1768). The work perfectly embodies the pinnacle...
Victorian Blue Willow Ironstone Serving Platter Sampson Bridgwood Staffordshire
Ceramics
Victorian Blue Willow Ironstone Serving Platter Sampson Bridgwood Staffordshire
Gallery datasheet Stock/Inv. Ref: ANT-STAF-2026-01Item description: Monumental Blue Willow Oval Serving PlatterMaker: Sampson Bridgwood & Son (Staffordshire, England)Period: Second half of the 19th Century (circa 1880)Dimensions: 45 x 36 cm...
18th-century piedmontese walnut Bracket clock
Watches
18th-century piedmontese walnut Bracket clock
  Catalogue raisonné entry  Artifact: Bracket clock (Table clock)Period: Mid-18th century (circa 1740-1770)Cultural Sphere: Piedmontese manufacture (Sabaudian Court region / Turin)Medium and Technique: Case in solid and veneered walnut with...
19th-century British Bracket clock with Whittington and Westminster Chimes: history, mechanics, and restoration
Watches
19th-century British Bracket clock with Whittington and Westminster Chimes: history, mechanics, and restoration
 LATE-VICTORIAN HOROLOGICAL MASTERPIECE (1880-1900) A fascinating journey into the excellence of British micro-mechanics and fine art cabinetmaking. This extraordinary table clock (bracket clock) represents the pinnacle of production from the...
Seventeenth-Century Gilt-Bronze Sculpture
Bronzes
Seventeenth-Century Gilt-Bronze Sculpture
Summary Descriptive Sheet Object: Pair of statuettes depicting Saint Luke and Saint John the Evangelist (Pendant)Period: Seventeenth century (second half of the 17th century, c. 1660-1690)Cultural Sphere: Central Italian manufacture,...
Seventeenth-Century Gilt-Bronze Sculpture
Bronzes
Seventeenth-Century Gilt-Bronze Sculpture
The Evangelist in Bronze: A Historical-Artistic and Technological Analysis of a Pair of Seventeenth-Century Gilt-Bronze Sculptures Introduction and Iconographical Identification within the Devotional Program The works under examination comprise a...
Early Kartell Style chandelier 1950s | 4-light brass 66x66
Early Kartell Style chandelier 1950s | 4-light brass 66x66
Summary catalogue & condition report Object: Multi-arm suspension chandelier (4 lights). Typology: Ceiling lighting fixture / Mid-Century Modern. Period: Circa 1953–1958. Cultural Sphere: Mid-Century Italian Design (Milanese school). Dimensions: 66...
Analysis of a 1950s multi-arm chandelier
Analysis of a 1950s multi-arm chandelier
The aesthetics of the taut line: a critical-historical and functional analysis of a 1950s multi-arm chandelier Introduction: lighting in the post-world war II cultural climate The second post-war period represented...
Sixteenth-century Brescian wooden high relief
Wooden sculptures
Sixteenth-century Brescian wooden high relief
A gilded wood high relief from the Brescian Renaissance 1. Object identification and metadata Title: The Transport of Christ to the Sepulchre (The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) Object Type:...
18th-century Genoese gilt-bronze statuette | seated prisoner 15 cm
Bronzes
18th-century Genoese gilt-bronze statuette | seated prisoner 15 cm
Scholarly entry on a rare 18th-century Genoese gilt-bronze sculpture of a seated slave (15 cm). Analysis of lost-wax casting, anatomy, and Ligurian Baroque collecting. Technical specifications Subject: Seated prisoner or...
Genoese Baroque Prie-Dieu – Workshop of Filippo Parodi
Wooden sculptures
Genoese Baroque Prie-Dieu – Workshop of Filippo Parodi
Genoese Baroque Prie-Dieu – Workshop of Filippo Parodi Title : Genoese Baroque Gilded Wood Prie-Dieu | Filippo Parodi Workshop  Description: Rare late 17th-century Genoese Baroque monumental prie-dieu in carved and...
Sixteenth-century Venetian gilded wooden sculptures: King David and Moses pendant
Wooden sculptures
Sixteenth-century Venetian gilded wooden sculptures: King David and Moses pendant
Concise descriptive sheet  Subject: A rare pendant of sacred sculptures depicting King David with the Lyre and the prophet Moses with the Tablets of the Law. Chronology: Late sixteenth century...
6th-century gilded wooden King David statuette | antique Venetian sculpture)
Wooden sculptures
6th-century gilded wooden King David statuette | antique Venetian sculpture)
Asset description   An exquisite sixteenth-century gilded wooden statuette depicting King David playing the harp, representing a premier example of sacred micro-architecture and fine cabinetmaking from the Venetian School. Datable...
Sienese wooden sculpture: 16th-century torch-Bearing Angels
Wooden sculptures
Sienese wooden sculpture: 16th-century torch-Bearing Angels
An art-historical and technical analysis of a pair of late 16th-century Sienese torch-bearing wooden angels featuring estofado gilding and Counter-Reformation liturgy.         THE LIGHT AND THE CARVING...
Saint Jerome Penitent in the desert white marble plaque, 16th century
Marbles
Saint Jerome Penitent in the desert white marble plaque, 16th century
DESCRIPTIVE ARTIFACT SHEET   Object: Devotional plaque / Cabinet relief Subject: Saint Jerome Penitent in the Desert Cultural Sphere: 16th-century Lombard Renaissance sculpture (Milan/Cremona) Period: Second half of the 16th...
5th-century terracotta Baptismal Font h 130 cm
5th-century terracotta Baptismal Font h 130 cm
  Technical cataloging sheet   Artifact identification Object Typology: Monumental baptismal font / Parish church holy water font Medium: Terracotta (hand-modeled clay fired in hollow modular sections) Chronology: 15th century...
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN BY AMBROGIO BORGHI (1881)
Marbles
PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN BY AMBROGIO BORGHI (1881)
 Portrait of a Gentleman by Ambrogio Borghi (1881)  Ambrogio Borghi - Portrait of a Gentleman (1881) | Marble Sculpture  Official scholarly entry for "Portrait of a Gentleman" (1881) by Ambrogio...
Double-Leaf Painted Door Decorated on Both Fronts: Cabinetmaking and Decoration in Venice during the Second Half of the 18th Century
Double-Leaf Painted Door Decorated on Both Fronts: Cabinetmaking and Decoration in Venice during the Second Half of the 18th Century
2. Descriptive Catalogue Entry (Academic English) Classification A double-leaf interior passageway door, painted en suite on both obverse and reverse faces. Chronology and Cultural Milieu Circa 1770–1780. Venetian School /...
Madonna with child in terracotta by Antonio Rossellino
Madonna with child in terracotta by Antonio Rossellino
HISTORICAL-CRITICAL SHEET: MADONNA WITH CHILD Cultural context: Florentine Renaissance Author: Antonio Rossellino (Settignano, 1427 – Florence, 1479) or workshop / circle Subject: Madonna and Child (derived from the prototype known...
Fiat Lingotto portable engine scale model: wood and iron industrial heritage
Art objects
Fiat Lingotto portable engine scale model: wood and iron industrial heritage
An academic essay on the scale model of the Fiat Officine Lingotto portable steam engine (1923-1925). Analysis of workshop pedagogy, Fordist transition, and material mimetism.     The scale model...
The murano glass 20 th century
The murano glass 20 th century
Authentic 29 cm Murano blown glass oval vase. Expertly crafted using the traditional layered sommerso technique in deep cobalt blue, enriched with white fritta grit and embedded floral murrine. Features...
Walter Furlan mid-century Murano glass seal sculpture - technical data sheet
Walter Furlan mid-century Murano glass seal sculpture - technical data sheet
Academic descriptive summary  Title of the work: Seal Author: Walter Furlan (1931-2018) Place of production: Murano, Venice (Italy) Period and dating: circa 1960 - 1970 Material and technique: solid glass...
Antique Japanese Kinrande display platter | Arita charger (63x54 cm)
Porcelain
Antique Japanese Kinrande display platter | Arita charger (63x54 cm)
Summary Description of the Work   Identification and Morphological Data Object Type: Monumental exhibition charger / Large display platter (Grands chargeurs) Manufacturer: Arita Kilns (Hizen Province, modern-day Saga Prefecture, Japan)...
Venus de Milo in white Carrara marble h 85 cm | Lorenzo dal Torrione
Marbles
Venus de Milo in white Carrara marble h 85 cm | Lorenzo dal Torrione
Technical and descriptive datasheet Subject: Venus de Milo (philological replica after the Hellenistic archetype in the Louvre Museum). Artist: Lorenzo dal Torrione (active in Pietrasanta, trained under Urbano Buratti). Period:...
 Pair of 17th Century Venetian Baroque Gilded Wooden Caryatid Vase Bearers
Wooden sculptures
 Pair of 17th Century Venetian Baroque Gilded Wooden Caryatid Vase Bearers
Technical and Descriptive Object Metadata Object: Pair of Sculptural Vase-Bearers / Torchères (Caryatids / Canephorae) Period: 17th Century (High Baroque) Geographical Attribution: Venetian School / Venice (Italy) Medium: Carved softwoods...
Candelabra angels with removable wings: a scholarly catalog and structural analysis of a pair of seventeenth-century wooden sculptures
Wooden sculptures
Candelabra angels with removable wings: a scholarly catalog and structural analysis of a pair of seventeenth-century wooden sculptures
Artifact description Typology: Pair of specular, liturgical d'apparat candelabra sculptures (ceroferari angels). Dating: First three decades of the 17th century (circa 1600-1630). Cultural sphere: Northern Italian workshop, regional Lombard-Venetian borderland...
Sculptural group by Brescian woodcarvers 15th Century
Wooden sculptures
Sculptural group by Brescian woodcarvers 15th Century
Sculptural Group by Brescian Woodcarvers (15th Century) This historical-artistic datasheet explores one of the most significant masterpieces of fifteenth-century Lombard wooden sculpture. This structural group represents an exceptional benchmark of...
Terracotta bust of Cosimo II dei Medici
Terracotta bust of Cosimo II dei Medici
The Terracotta Bust of Cosimo II de' Medici by the Manifattura di Signa: A Historico-Artistic and Documental Analysis of Exemplar No. 524 This monumental plastic artifact, measuring 70 x 25...
A Late Seventeenth-Century Venetian Candlestick
Wooden sculptures
A Late Seventeenth-Century Venetian Candlestick
Rare late 17th-century monumental Venetian torchère in mecca-gilded wood (325 cm). A museum-quality masterpiece combining Baroque carving and structural joinery. An extraordinary monumental Venetian candlestick from the late 17th century,...
Tuscan thurible 17th century
Copper
Tuscan thurible 17th century
In-depth historical-artistic analysis Introduction The 17th century Florentine thurible represents an emblematic example of Baroque sacred art, combining liturgical functionality, symbolic value and refined craftsmanship. This analysis aims to delve...
Saint George Warrior of the Seventeenth-Century Genoese School
Wooden sculptures
Saint George Warrior of the Seventeenth-Century Genoese School
 Saint George in Poplar Wood – Genoese Baroque (17th Century) Core Metatadata and Object Identifiers Subject / Title: Saint George the Warrior (San Giorgio Miles) Period / Chronology: 17th Century...
All round bronze sculpture depiting "Ortensio". Signed MAGONI EMILIO VINCENZO
Bronzes
All round bronze sculpture depiting "Ortensio". Signed MAGONI EMILIO VINCENZO
Bronze sculpture in the round depicting "Ortensio". Signed MAGONI EMILIO VINCENZO Quintus Hortensius Ortalo was a Roman orator and lawyer, an exponent of 'Asianism'.     Asianism is a stylistic...
All round bronze sculpture depicting "Little peasant girl". Signed GIOVANNI DE MARTINO
Bronzes
All round bronze sculpture depicting "Little peasant girl". Signed GIOVANNI DE MARTINO
Bronze sculpture in the round depicting "Little peasant girl". Signed GIOVANNI DE MARTINO (1870-1935/38).   Giovanni De Martino (Naples, 13 January 1870 - Naples, 3 March 1935) was an Italian...
All round bronze group signed and titled "Imponderable Forces" Marianne Hastianatte.
Bronzes
All round bronze group signed and titled "Imponderable Forces" Marianne Hastianatte.
Bronze group in the round signed and entitled 'Imponderable Forces' by Maria Allaro aka Marianne Hastianatte.   Sculptor painter and artist Marianne Hastianatte, was able to transform marble and wood...
Gothic mortar grou
Bronzes
Gothic mortar grou
Group of mortars all from a single Umbrian monastery, various sizes, cast in reddish-brown bronze with dark patina. Conical, on a rounded spadina base, with long vertical ribs. The swing...
Antique Neapolitan Nativity Scene
Wooden sculptures
Antique Neapolitan Nativity Scene
Antique Neapolitan crib in a case with baptistery-blown glass with a mahogany cusped roof with ribbon inlays running along the entire profile. The front on the edges bears an all-round...
Set of four 18th-century Venetian gilded wall mirrors with original mercury glass plates 100x70 cm
Mirrors
Set of four 18th-century Venetian gilded wall mirrors with original mercury glass plates 100x70 cm
Scholarly descriptive summary & metadata  Classification: Suite of four antique hanging mirrors Period / Date: 18th Century (circa 1740–1760 / Louis XV period) Geography / Origin: Venice, Italy (Lagoon school...
18th century marble Sculpture
Marbles
18th century marble Sculpture
Antiquarian Discovery: An 18th-Century White Statuary Marble Masterpiece  Emerging from the prestigious sculpture workshops of 18th-century papal Rome, this refined monumental state basin is carved from a single, monolithic block...
18th-century Ligurian Satyr wooden sculpture: lacquered barocchetto console leg
Wooden sculptures
18th-century Ligurian Satyr wooden sculpture: lacquered barocchetto console leg
Academic Fact Sheet Object: Sculptural furniture element (load-bearing corner leg / telamon for a parade console table). Subject: Dionysian Satyr (mythological faun with caprine features). Period / Dating: Mid-18th century...