Lot Essay
See Francesco Stazzi, Le Porcellane Veneziane di Geminiano e Vincenzo Cozzi (1989), p. 221, pls. 14 and 15 for a tureen of similar form and p. 231 for pieces by the same hand.
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A Venice (Cozzi) oval two-handled tureen and cover
CIRCA 1770, RED ANCHOR MARK
Details
A Venice (Cozzi) oval two-handled tureen and cover
Circa 1770, red anchor mark
With triple gilt scroll handles, painted with exotic buildings, a gazebo, topiary and a fountain among flowers and trees beneath a border of trailing pink convolvulous tied with gilt ribbon, the lower part moulded with C-scrolls and foliage and on a pierced gilt line foot, the cover with a peach finial (extended firing crack to base, firing crack across cover and chips to finial)
11in. (28cm.) wide
Circa 1770, red anchor mark
With triple gilt scroll handles, painted with exotic buildings, a gazebo, topiary and a fountain among flowers and trees beneath a border of trailing pink convolvulous tied with gilt ribbon, the lower part moulded with C-scrolls and foliage and on a pierced gilt line foot, the cover with a peach finial (extended firing crack to base, firing crack across cover and chips to finial)
11in. (28cm.) wide
Provenance
de Havilland Collection.