Tazza
dated 1683
Artists
Description
Circular tazza on a detachable raised foot chased in high relief with a central medallion inside a husk border depicting Venus and Adonis in a landscape flanked by a putto and three hounds in repoussé; the border chased with four roundels containing putti representing the Four Elements interspersed with a variety of fruits and vegetables also in high relief against a matted ground; the detachable raised foot chased with two scenes of musical figures in landscapes interspersed with similar fruits and vegetables; wrigglework border.
Dimensions
33.5 × 8.3 cm (13 3/16 × 3 1/4 in.) 958 g
Provenance
[Anonymous sale, Christie's, May 28, 1902, lot 89]. J. P. Morgan, New York, by 1937,[1] sold [through Christie's, New York, October 26, 1982, lot 52. His Excellency Mohamed Mahdi Altajir, sold [through his sale, Christie's, New York, Ocotber 19, 2004, lot 1086]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2004. [1] 1937 inventory by Crichton Brothers
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