A façon de Venise multi-knopped large trick-glass
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A façon de Venise multi-knopped large trick-glass

17TH CENTURY, VENICE OR THE NETHERLANDS

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A façon de Venise multi-knopped large trick-glass
17TH CENTURY, VENICE OR THE NETHERLANDS
The ogee bowl set on an integral hollow stem of alternating graduated doughnut-shaped and globular sections, on two mereses, spreading conical foot
39.7 cm. high
Literature
Duysters, 2002, p. 122 no. 101.
Exhibited
H.M.A., invent. no. VS 185.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

A glass with a similar stem is illustrated in the Bichierografia by Maggi in 1604, ill. 17.
This drinking-vessel could be completely filled with liquid from top to bottom.

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