Lot Essay
Cf. Tait 1979, p. 128, no. 217.
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17TH CENTURY, VENICE
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A faon de Venise 'cold-painted' devotional flask
17th Century, Venice
Of flattened ovoid form with pointed base and the sides with blue pincered trails, the flared neck with a vermicular collar, painted a freddo with a standing figure of St. Nicholas, his right hand raised in blessing, flanked by cyprus trees and within an oval scroll cartouche (decoration rubbed)
9 in. (23 cm.) long
17th Century, Venice
Of flattened ovoid form with pointed base and the sides with blue pincered trails, the flared neck with a vermicular collar, painted a freddo with a standing figure of St. Nicholas, his right hand raised in blessing, flanked by cyprus trees and within an oval scroll cartouche (decoration rubbed)
9 in. (23 cm.) long
Special notice
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