SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY, OSVALDO BRUSSA

Details

A Venetian polychrome enamelled small metal-mounted flask
Second half of the 18th Century, Osvaldo Brussa
Of cylindrical form and enamelled in a bright palette with a loose bouquet including a tulip and lily-of-the-valley tied with ribbon, the reverse with a finch perch on a flowering plant and with flower-sprays between, the shoulder with bands of pink and white and blue dots and festoons in pink, white, green and ochre, the lower part with a blue-dot band, with chased metal mount and cap
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high overall

Provenance

Krug Collection, sale Sotheby's, 7 December 1981, lot 290.

Literature

Klesse 1965, p. 157, no. 86.

Special notice

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

Lot Essay

Cf. Klesse/von Saldern 1978, p. 365, no. 366; Tait 1979, p. 129, nos. 220 and 221; Theuerkauff 1994, pp. 457-459, no. 539 and the two examples sold in these Rooms on 20 November 1985, lot 221 and 2 June 1987, lot 262.

For the celebrated painting showing Osvaldo Brussa holding a beaker decorated with a finch see Mariacher 1965, p. 83.

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