A WOODEN VIOLA MADE BY VINCENZO SANNINO. (B 1879, D 1969) THIS VIOLA WAS MADE IN 1932 AND IS ONE OF ONLY 4 VIOLAS MADE BY SANNINO. IN PRISTINE CONDITION WITH NO MAJOR RETORATION, THIS VIOLA IS INTENDED TO BE LOANED OUT TO PRESTIGIOUS ARTISTS TO PERFORM WITH, BEING PLAYED BY A PRESTIGIOUS PLAYER INCREASES THE COLLECTIBLE VALUE OF THIS INSTRUMENT. VINCENZO SANNINO WAS A SELF TAUGHT VIOLIN MAKER. HE IS SIGHTED IN THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE CONOSCERE LA LIUTERIA WHICH PRESENTS 45 REMARKABLE INSTRUMENTS OF ROMAN AND NEAPOLITAN MASTERS, INCLUDING SACCONI, POSTIGLIONE AND PISTUCCI.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 9705 FOR COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTORS' PIECES OF ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, MINERALOGICAL, ANATOMICAL, HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL, PALAEONTOLOGICAL, ETHNOGRAPHIC OR NUMISMATIC INTEREST TARIC 9705 0000 10 - COLLECTORS' PIECES OF WOOD ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- HARMONIZED SYSTEM EXPLANATORY NOTES (HSEN) (B)(1) TO HEADING 9705