A BOHEMIAN-ENGRAVED CUT-GLASS FACETTED BIBLICAL BALUSTER GOBLET WITH COVER (Deckelpokal), the overall facetted thistle-shaped bowl depicting the conversion of St. Paul, with St. Paul dressed as a Roman warrior fallen from his horse, within an oval scrolled foliage cartouche surrounded by winged cherubs, inscribed above within a pennant Saul, Saul, qui te me persequiris, the multi-knopped baluster stem above a circular foot with tied lily engraving, the domed cover with acorn finial, 18th Century

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A BOHEMIAN-ENGRAVED CUT-GLASS FACETTED BIBLICAL BALUSTER GOBLET WITH COVER (Deckelpokal), the overall facetted thistle-shaped bowl depicting the conversion of St. Paul, with St. Paul dressed as a Roman warrior fallen from his horse, within an oval scrolled foliage cartouche surrounded by winged cherubs, inscribed above within a pennant Saul, Saul, qui te me persequiris, the multi-knopped baluster stem above a circular foot with tied lily engraving, the domed cover with acorn finial, 18th Century
30 cm high

拍品專文

The conversion of St. Paul (Acts 9:1-9).
On the road to Damascus, where he was going to obtain authorization from the synagogue to arrest Christians, Paul was struck to the ground, blinded by a sudden light from heaven. The voice of God said: "Saul, Saul why do you persecute me?".

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