Lot Essay
Cf. a tazza in the Musée de Louvre, Paris (see Ennès 1982, p. 8) and an example in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague (see Hettes 1973, ill. 26, no. 102).
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LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Venetian latticinio lobed tazza or drinking-vessel
Late 16th Century
In vetro a retorti of alternate gauze and ribbon spirals, the shallow octafoil bowl supported on a clear merese above a knopped and slender tapering stem and conical folded foot
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Late 16th Century
In vetro a retorti of alternate gauze and ribbon spirals, the shallow octafoil bowl supported on a clear merese above a knopped and slender tapering stem and conical folded foot
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high
Literature
Baumgartner 1995, pp. 61 and 107, no. 196.
Exhibited
Musée Ariana, Geneva, May-September 1995, no. 196.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.