A fine Venetian enamelled and gilt footed bowl, circa 1500
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A fine Venetian enamelled and gilt footed bowl, circa 1500
The bowl with moulded radiating ribs enriched in gilding beneath a narrow trail painted with white dashes, a gilt band above with blue and red dots between white and blue dotted borders, on a tall spreading rib-moulded foot, the foot with a trailed band of painted shaded blue and white ovals alternating with red dashes beside the folded rim with brushed gilding, 18.7cm high by 22.1cm diameter
Sold for £34,850 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    R.Helyar, his sale, Sotheby's, 12 February 1979, lot 205

    For a similar example see Corning Museum of Glass, Three Great Centuries of Venetian Glass (1958), no.29

Category: Decorative Arts / Glass

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