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A near pair of gilt-bronze mounted glass ewers, Venice or Florence, late 16th-early 17th century

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September 26, 10:09 AM GMT

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

green glass and gilt bronze

14 cm, 5 ½ in. high

A similar pair of ewers is preserved in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo di Anagni, where the museum label records their provenance as apparently from Pope Paul V Borghese.

Related Literature

M. Archer, R.J. Charleston, M. Marcheix, Glass and Enamels:The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, London, 1977, pp. 21-25, nos. 30-33;

R. Barovie Mentasti, C. Tonini, Fragile: Murano, chefs-d'oeuvre de verre de la Renaissance au XXIe siècle, exhibition catalogue, Paris, 2013, no. 49

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