TUSCAN OR VENETIAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE GLASS VASES
TUSCAN OR VENETIAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Each with an ovoid body set on a pierced foot with grotesque masks, repeated to the neck and held together by four herm shaped bands, the flaring rim issuing the scroll handles, each surmounted by a cherub
23 cm. high (2)

Provenance

With Frides Lamèris, Amsterdam, 28 November 2000.

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Lot Essay

A related pair of ormolu-mounted agate vases from the Marquess of Cholmondely, Houghton Hall was sold Christie's King Street 8 December, 1994. A further related pair of blue glass vases is in the James A. de Rothchild collection at Waddesdon Manor.
Cf. R.J. Charlston, M. Archer, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Glass and Stained Glass London 1977, no 31, p. 132-3.

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