'Peacock' Cypriote Vase, circa 1897

Details

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'Peacock' Cypriote Vase, circa 1897
Favrile glass
23 1⁄8 in. (58.7 cm) high
engraved L.C.T. Favrile E121
with custom Garden Museum Collection case

Provenance

The Garden Museum Collection, Matsue, Japan, circa 1990
Allen Michaan, California, acquired from the above, 2012

Literature

H. Townsend, "American and French Applied Art at the Grafton Galleries", International Studio, vol. 8, 1899, p. 41 (for a related example)
A. Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Suffolk, 2004, p. 233 (present lot illustrated)
P. Doros, The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2013, p. 164-170 (for related 'Peacock' examples)

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Lot Essay

The present lot is closely related to the 'Peacock' vase displayed at the Grafton Galleries 'Exhibition of L'Art Nouveau', London, 1899, illustrated in Horace Townsend, "American and French Applied Art at the Grafton Galleries", International Studio, vol. 8, 1899, p. 41.

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