A rare Venetian enamel and parcel gilt decorated vase and cover circa 1500
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A rare Venetian enamel and parcel gilt decorated vase and cover circa 1500
The lid with central finial above a circular gadrooned body, the white gadrooning with gilt decoration of stylized rosettes and palm fronds, the body with gilt stars and fronds, on a spreading circular foot, 14cm high.
Sold for £9,375 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc, Madison Avenue, New York, Lot 27, 18th February 1977, $1,500 to Lord Perth (receipt available)

    A very similar vase and cover with gilt white gadrooning and gilt palm frond and star decoration was sold at Christie's, Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, 23rd - 25th February 2009, Paris, lot 597 for 46,600 euros.

Category: Decorative Arts / European Sculpture and Works of Art

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