• Centuries of Style: Silver, Eu auction at Christies

    Sale 5377

    Centuries of Style: Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes

    London

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    30 - 31 May 2012

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    • A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
    Lot 507

    A VENICE OVIFORM JAR

    CIRCA 1560-70

    Price realised

    GBP 3,000

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500

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    A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
    CIRCA 1560-70
    Painted in ochre, yellow, blue and green with a portrait of a female Saint within an ochre oval medallion, reserved against a blue ground highlighted in white sgraffito and painted with trailing acanthus, fruits, acorns and flowerheads (filled hole to lower part, flaking to old restoration, hairline crack from footrim, some chipping to rims)
    11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

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