A Venetian Chalcedony flask, 17th Century

A Venetian Chalcedony flask, 17th Century. Photo courtesy Bonhams.

In marbled agate or Chalcedony glass in tones of green and brown, the hexagonal body moulded with six deep vertical flutes, a white metal mount at the neck, 17cm high. Sold for £16,875 (€20,083)

Provenance: Krug Collection
Lempertz, Cologne, 26-29 April 1961, lot 466 

Illustrated by Brigitte Klesse, Glassammlung Helfried Krug (1965), p.73, fig.85. A similar example in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich is illustrated by Walther Bernt, Altes Glas, p.61 and by Rainer Rückert, p.247, fig.50 

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