SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, VENICE OR SOUTH NETHERLANDS

Details

A faon de Venise latticinio low tazza
Second half of the 16th Century, Venice or South Netherlands
In vertro a retorti, the shallow tray with moulded bosses to the underside and decorated with alternate radiating gauze and ribbon threads, supported on a spreading conical folded foot
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anon., sale Sotheby's, 10 February 1986, lot 168.

Literature

Baumgartner 1995, pp. 53 and 103, no. 190.

Exhibited

Musée Ariana, Geneva, May-September 1995, no. 190.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Cf. Mariacher 1963, p. 96, lower ill.; Venice 1982, p. 122; Dorigato 1986, p. 34; Hettes 1960, ill. 67 and for an example in clear glass with a similarly moulded tray see Theuerkauff 1994, p. 108, no. 46 tentatively attributed to Hall or Court Glasshouse, Innsbruck.

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