Sale: 19th March 2018
Lot 243: An Interesting Viola, Ascribed to Grancino
Estimates
£7,000 - £10,000
VAT & Import Tax
20% buyers premium only
Description
The Ex-O'Brien. The table possibly later.
The latest ring dates to 1753 with correlation to instruments by Gabrielli, Landolphi, Balestrieri Deconet.
Label
Labelled: Giovanni Grancino in contrada...Milano...
Maker
Ascribed to Grancino
Dimensions
Length of back: 395mm
Footnotes
This viola, which belonged to Paul O'Brien, was always believed by him to be by Giovanni Grancino. It can be heard on many of his recordings.
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