CIRCA 1500

Details

A VENETIAN GLASS ENAMELLED BEAKER
CIRCA 1500
Barrel-shaped with an everted rim, moulded with bands of nodules enriched in gilding, below a thread with blue and white rope-twist and a band of beads and flowerheads in white, blue and red enamels enriched in gilt, the lower part with white and red beads above a milled foot, with a kick-in base
5½ in. (14 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 March 2000, lot 9.

Exhibited

Geneva, Musée Ariana, May-September 1995, no. 157.

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Lot Essay

Ths form of early prunted beaker is often associated with green glass examples known as 'krautstrunk' (see lots 120 and 122 in this sale). The enamel decoration suggest a Venetian attribution, perhaps intended for the German market.

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