EARLY 16TH CENTURY, THE COVERS MID 16TH CENTURY, VENICE

Details

Two faon de Venise vases and two covers
Early 16th Century, the covers mid 16th Century, Venice
Both with cup-shaped bowls, one applied with two trailed blue filigree threads, the other with one blue and one clear thread, above radially moulded ribs, supported on dark-blue ribbed knops above ribbed conical feet with upturned folded blue rims, the honeycomb-moulded domed covers with knop finials enriched in gilding (gilding rubbed)
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) and 6¼ in. (16 cm.) high overall (4)

Literature

Baumgartner 1995, pp. 29 and 89, no. 169.

Exhibited

Musée Ariana, Geneva, May-September 1995, no. 169 (part).

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

No comparable examples of these vases and covers would appear to be recorded in the literature, nor are examples known in public collections. For a detailed discussion of their usage and date see Baumgartner 1995, p. 89.

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