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A German puzzle- or siphon-goblet
1675-1700
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A German puzzle- or siphon-goblet
1675-1700
The central removable ornament consisting of a hollow running horse with a bird on its back, applied with two ears and a tail, set on an elongated pole, within a faceted rounded funnel bowl, raised on an inverted conical stem, the stem and the footrim applied with silver mounts (the conical foot likely a replacement originally conceived as the bowl of a goblet)
42,9cm high See illustration
Special notice
' ! ' :This Lot is imported from outside the EU. The Buyer's Premium is calculated as 30.505% of the hammer price up to a value of €110,000 plus 19.2% of any amount in excess of €110,000
Lot Essay
Cf. A. von Saldern, Glass 500 B.C. to A.D. 1900, the Hans Cohn Collection (Mainz 1980), p.216.
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