Pair Italian Still Life Trompe-l'œil Oil Paintings Dead Birds Firenze Italy by Michelangelo Meucci, 1873 Mid-Century Modern The elephant having a Gu-form

The elephant having a Gu-form candleholder

most likely a scene in Alameda circa 1930

the underside of the case with a geometric niello design with a central engraved open cartouche that is free from an engraved monogram or name

18th May 2012 for 3

Each figure is very finely carved in traditional dress and engraved with polychrome decoration

Pair Italian Still Life Trompe-l'œil Oil Paintings Dead Birds Firenze Italy by Michelangelo Meucci, 1873 Mid-Century Modern The elephant having a Gu-formA fine pair of antique Italian oil on panel paintings Nature Morte of two pairs of gamebirds, in the Trompe l'oeil style, by Michelangelo Meucci (1840 1909), signed & dated Firenze 1873. Trompe l'oeil is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three dimensional space and objects on a two dimensional surface. Trompe l'il, which is most often associated with painting and it tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or