15TH/16TH CENTURY, GERMANY OR THE NETHERLANDS

Details

A GREEN-TINTED BEAKER (KRAUTSTRUNK)
15TH/16TH CENTURY, GERMANY OR THE NETHERLANDS
With slightly flared rim and convex body, applied with three bands of prunts above an applied pincered footrim and kick-in base, some discolouration and iridescence
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Exhibited

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 'Int. Tentoonstelling van Oude Kunst', 1936; paper label inscribed in ink and pencil 'VECHT/14670'.

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Lot Essay

For a discussion on Krautstrünke see Erwin Baumgartner and Ingeborg Kreuger, Phönix aus sand und Asche Glas des Mittelalters, Munich, 1988, pp. 336-351 and nos. 403 and 404, see also Rainer Rückert, Die Glassammlung des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums München, Vol. I, Munich, 1982, pp. 45-46, nos. 14-15, pl. 4.
See the similar example from the Wunsch Collection sold in these Rooms, on 6 December 2012, lot 120.

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