An Italian Renaissance carved walnut cassone 16th century and later

Base and lid probably circa 1900 and now with some cracks, abrasions and rubbing. Cassone with age and construction cracks, old worm damage and abrasions. Carving with abrasions, minor losses and some restorations. Iron mounts of interior with small loss and oxidation. In good overall condition.
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This type of Renaissance cassone from the 16th century derives from the ancient marble sarcophagi and also contemporary Renaissance tombs, the latter often stood on elaborately carved supports. Supporting figures were often employed on these types of cassone and they often had portrait medallions and wreaths. Corner figures, as on the present example, were also common and they usually faced forward but sometimes diagonally as on this cassone. A similar cassone was sold Sotheby's London, 8 December 2009, lot 2 (73,250 GBP). Other comparable examples are illustrated David Dubon, The Frick Collection, Vol V, Italian and French Furniture,Vermont, 1992, pp. 3-14, Claudio Paolini, Il mobile del rinascimento, la collezione Herbert Percy Horne, Firenze, 2002, p. 22, A. Pedrini, Italian Furniture, interiors and decorations of the XV-XVI centuries, London, 1949, p. 127, fig. 112, and G. Ferrari, Il Legno e la mobilia nell'arte Italiana, Milano, p. 305, pl. XIII.