A Venetian Partial-Gilt and Enameled Glass Vase with a Portrait of Christopher Columbus, late 19th century. 24 x 12-3/4 x 12...

Description

A Venetian Partial-Gilt and Enameled Glass Vase with a Portrait of Christopher Columbus, late 19th century
24 x 12-3/4 x 12-3/4 inches (61.0 x 32.4 x 32.4 cm)

PROPERTY OF THE ESTATE OF RANDALL J. MOSKOVITZ, MD, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

PROVENANCE:
Christie's, New York, The Art of Collecting, June 18, 2015, lot 67.

The glass vase, decorated with commemorative scenes of Christopher Columbus discovering America within cartouches, identified in Italian below each panel, on a lush scrolling foliate ground.



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