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A FINE AND MONUMENTAL MILLEFIORE AND PAPERWEIGHT FAVRILE GLASS VASE
BY TIFFANY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1895-1910
Baluster-shaped, decorated at the shoulder with a profusion of millefiore-centered white water flowers on trailing sage-green stems above deep green lily pads, the cloudy pale translucent ground shading to orange at the foot, encased in a clear layer of glass, engraved Louis C. Tiffany R2385--11¼in. (28.5cm.) high
PROVENANCE
Lillian Nassau, Ltd.
David Geffen
Christie's New York, Magnificent Tiffany, The David Geffen Collection, December 15, 1984, lot 12
EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., The Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, September 29, 1989-March 4, 1990. This exhibit travelled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 12-September 9, 1990.
LITERATURE
Alastair Duncan et al., Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, 1989, fig. 34
cf. Hugh F. McKean, The Lost Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Doubleday & Co., New York, 1980, p. 161 for a similar vase from McKean collection; M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Exhibition catalogue, 25 April-8 August 1981, p. 77, no. 136 for a similar example
In addition to this paperweight vase's size, its internal decoration on numerous planes creates a three-dimensional quality that contributes to its vitality.
BY TIFFANY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1895-1910
Baluster-shaped, decorated at the shoulder with a profusion of millefiore-centered white water flowers on trailing sage-green stems above deep green lily pads, the cloudy pale translucent ground shading to orange at the foot, encased in a clear layer of glass, engraved Louis C. Tiffany R2385--11¼in. (28.5cm.) high
PROVENANCE
Lillian Nassau, Ltd.
David Geffen
Christie's New York, Magnificent Tiffany, The David Geffen Collection, December 15, 1984, lot 12
EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., The Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, September 29, 1989-March 4, 1990. This exhibit travelled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 12-September 9, 1990.
LITERATURE
Alastair Duncan et al., Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, 1989, fig. 34
cf. Hugh F. McKean, The Lost Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Doubleday & Co., New York, 1980, p. 161 for a similar vase from McKean collection; M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Exhibition catalogue, 25 April-8 August 1981, p. 77, no. 136 for a similar example
In addition to this paperweight vase's size, its internal decoration on numerous planes creates a three-dimensional quality that contributes to its vitality.