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Lot 54

A Bohemian blue overlay and intaglio-carved beaker vase and cover attributed to Franz Paul Zach, Munich, circa 1840-50

5 June 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£1,500 - £2,000

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A Bohemian blue overlay and intaglio-carved beaker vase and cover attributed to Franz Paul Zach, Munich, circa 1840-50

In the form of a stangenglas gently tapering above a spreading, panel-cut base, overlaid in rich cobalt blue and deeply carved through to the clear glass with a Bacchanalian boy seated on a branch of a continuous fruiting vine, the child's flesh tones suggested by delicate polishing, the cover with further panel cutting, 24.5cm high (2)

Footnotes

The work of Franz Zach was discussed by Leonard and Juliette Rakow, Franz Paul Zach, 19th Century Bohemian Master Glass Engraver, Journal of Glass Studies (1983), pp.195-200.

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