Lot 44
44
A rare facon de Venise two-handled wine-glass
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of … Read more
A rare facon de Venise two-handled wine-glass

FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

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A rare facon de Venise two-handled wine-glass
First half 17th Century
The broad thistle-shaped bowl applied with two pincered ear-shaped handles, further with two blue raspberry prunts applied to the outside, another one to the inside, supported on a flat merese, the ribbed twisted baluster stem with three knops and on conical foot
20cm high
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.

Lot Essay

Cf. P.C. Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, vol.I (Zwolle 1993), p.12 etc. for a discussion about this type of glass.

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