Lot 290
  • 290

A LARGE PAIR OF MOORISH STYLE GOLD DAMASCENED CAST IRON "ALHAMBRA" VASES Toledo, Spain, circa 1910

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • iron and gold
  • height 20 1/4 in.
  • 51 1/2 cm.
inscribed AL QUERIDISIMO AMIGO DOCTOR AVELINO GUTIERREZ POR SU NOMBRAMIENTO A LA CATEDRA DE ANATOMIA TOPOGRAFICA PABELLONES DE ESPANA 16 NOVIEMBRE 1910.

Literature

James D. Lavin, The Art and Tradition of the Zuloagas:  Spanish Damascene from the Khalili Collection, Oxford, 1997, p. 204, for a variation on the present model

Condition

In excellent condition and presentation.
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