Coppa in metallo smaltato Venezia, inizio del secolo XVI

baccellata e dipinta all'interno e all'esterno in blu, bianco, verde e oro; minimi difetti

The rim with very minor superficial restorations and minor losses to the enamel, concentrated on the exterior edge of the rim. On the body very minor losses of the enamel, slightly worning of the gilding and on two gadrooned panels the white enamel restored and repainted. On the foot the edge is restored and the enamel repainted for 80% all around, with a maximum depth of cm 3. The body and especially inside is in very good condition.
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BIBLIOGRAFIA DI RIFERIMENTO

Detroit, Institute of Arts, Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance 1400- 1600, catalogo della mostra, 1958, cat. 415, 416.

P. Verdier, Walters Art Gallery, Catalogue of painted Enamels of the Renaissance, Baltimore, 1967, pp. 4-8.

Una tazza simile  della Collezione di Yves Saint Laurent e di Pierre Bergè è stato venduto da Christie's a Parigi il 25 febbraio 2009, lotto 602.