A Venetian latticino glass tazza or drinking vessel, late 16th century
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
in vetro a retorti with two different types of opaque white lattimo canes formed of gauze alternating with single threads, the bowl with a shaped lobed rim over a slender stem and spreading folded foot, separated by a clear glass merese and knop
Height 5 1/2 in, diam. 6 1/2 in; Haut. 14 cm, diam. 16.5 cm
Vincenzo Florio Collection, Palermo;
his sale, Antonio Sarno, Palermo, 22 November 1934, lot 614;
Private Collection, Palermo;
Sold Bonhams London, 14 November 2007, lot 12;
Where acquired
A particularly close example of this form with similar gauze threads is in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, acc. no. 61.3.139. A further example is in the Louvre, Paris, inv. no. TH 213, illustrated in P. Ennès, Le Verrerie ancienne, Rennes, 1982, p. 8, and another is in the Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, illustrated in K. Hettes, Benátské sklo, exhibition catalogue, Prague, 1973, cat. no. 102, pl. 26.
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