A Venetian Almorrata vase in Renaiccance style
Lot-No. 355
Murano, around 1900. Colourless and partly azure blue glass, opalescent and with engraved decor. H. 24,5 cm, diam. 13 cm. - Made after models from the 16th cent. vases, whose shape was probably derived from the Spanish almorrata. Comp. Tait, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, no. 228.
A Venetian Almorrata vase in Renaiccance style
A Venetian Almorrata vase in Renaiccance style
Lot-No. 355
Murano, around 1900. Colourless and partly azure blue glass, opalescent and with engraved decor. H. 24,5 cm, diam. 13 cm. - Made after models from the 16th cent. vases, whose shape was probably derived from the Spanish almorrata. Comp. Tait, The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, no. 228.