A Late Empire Specimen Marble, Pietra Dura and Mahogany Gueridon

The circular top centred by a roundel depicting a bird standing on a box with a ribbon in its mouth, inlaid with sixty specimens of marble, including lapis lazuli, arnese , black marble, obicular diorite, Sicilian jasper, languedoc , bianco e nero , lumachella , giallo di Sienna , breccia Africano , other breccia marbles, chalcedony, Spanish brocatelle, surrounded by a gilt-brass border on a turned mahogany base carved with lotus leaves on a stepped concave base with a ribbed socle

Estimate:£7,000

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