Lot 191
191
A VENETIAN ENAMELLED ARMORIAL LOW TAZZA, the shallow tray enamelled in iron-red blue and ochre with a coat-of-arms with pendant scrolling tendrils, the well with traces of a gilt band and enamelled in white and blue and red with two circles of beading, with a band of gilt scale-pattern enriched with blue, red and white dots beneath the rim, on a spreading conical foot with folded rim, early 16th century

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A VENETIAN ENAMELLED ARMORIAL LOW TAZZA, the shallow tray enamelled in iron-red blue and ochre with a coat-of-arms with pendant scrolling tendrils, the well with traces of a gilt band and enamelled in white and blue and red with two circles of beading, with a band of gilt scale-pattern enriched with blue, red and white dots beneath the rim, on a spreading conical foot with folded rim, early 16th century
23cm. diam.
Provenance
The Earl of Seafield, Christie's sale on the premises, Cullen House, Banffshire, Scotland, 22 September 1975, lot 56

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Strozzi family

For comparable armorial tazzas see Hugh Tait, op. cit., p. 34, no. 16 and 'Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia', Catalogue, p. 100, no. 105

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