A NORTH ITALIAN GILT-METAL AND COLORED GLASS MIRROR

Lot 541
23.10.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
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ID 820174
Lot 541 | A NORTH ITALIAN GILT-METAL AND COLORED GLASS MIRROR
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
A NORTH ITALIAN GILT-METAL AND COLORED GLASS MIRROR

VENICE, THE GLASS POSSIBLY BY THE MURANO WORKSHOPS, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Of octagonal form with arched top-rail, the mirror plate surrounded by repousse gilt-metal borders with ribbon-tied leaf-tips, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label

46 1/2 in. (118.5 cm.) high, 34 1/2 in. (88 cm.) wide





Provenance

Possibly acquired by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818-1874), by descent to;

Collection of the 6th Earl of Rosebery; Sotheby's, Mentmore Towers, 20 May 1977, lot 937.

Highly Important French Furniture, Decorations and Tapestries from a Private Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 19 November 1993, lot 6.

Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.





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