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Lot 1738 D α

An Italian Blue John vase

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 3.000 € - 5.000 €
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An Italian Blue John vase

Baluster-form carved fluorite vase with serpentine handles and mountings of gilt copper and bronze. Engraved with Roman numerals on the base for the numbering of the mountings. H 13.1 cm.
The mountings attributed to Naples, early 17th C., the original glass possibly replaced with stone in the late 18th C.

Literature

Cf. a similarly mounted glass vase in Waddesdon Manor (Charleston/Archer, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. Glass and Staines Glass, London-Fribourg 1977, cat. no. 30 ff.
Cf. Collection of Yves Saint-Laurent, auctioned by Christie's Paris February 2009, lot 503 ff.