Lot 120
120
A VENETIAN 'ICE-GLASS' BUCKET OR ASPERSORY with wrythen-moulded loop carrying handle, of compressed baluster form with everted folded rim applied with two clear glass lugs, on a folded foot (repair to rim beneath one lug), second half of the 16th century

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A VENETIAN 'ICE-GLASS' BUCKET OR ASPERSORY with wrythen-moulded loop carrying handle, of compressed baluster form with everted folded rim applied with two clear glass lugs, on a folded foot (repair to rim beneath one lug), second half of the 16th century
16cm. diam.

Lot Essay

Contemporary records indicate that these vessels were used on both religious and secular occasions. Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 4 June 1980, lot 241 and for a comparable example see 'Mille Anni di Arte del Vetro a Venezia', Catalogue, p. 134, no. 183

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