A FINE AND MONUMENTAL MILLEFIORE AND PAPERWEIGHT FAVRILE GLASS VASE BY TIFFANY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1895-1910 Baluster-shaped, decorated at the shoulder with a profusion of millefiore-centered white water flowers on trailing sage-green stems above deep green lily pads, the cloudy pale translucent ground shading to orange at the foot, encased in a clear layer of glass, engraved Louis C. Tiffany R2385--11¼in. (28.5cm.) high PROVENANCE Lillian Nassau, Ltd. David Geffen Christie's New York, Magnificent Tiffany, The David Geffen Collection , December 15, 1984, lot 12 EXHIBITED Washington, D.C., The Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany , September 29, 1989-March 4, 1990. This exhibit travelled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 12-September 9, 1990. LITERATURE Alastair Duncan et al., Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany , Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, 1989, fig. 34 cf. Hugh F. McKean, The Lost Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany , Doubleday & Co., New York, 1980, p. 161 for a similar vase from McKean collection; M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany , Exhibition catalogue, 25 April-8 August 1981, p. 77, no. 136 for a similar example In addition to this paperweight vase's size, its internal decoration on numerous planes creates a three-dimensional quality that contributes to its vitality.
A FINE AND MONUMENTAL MILLEFIORE AND PAPERWEIGHT FAVRILE GLASS VASE BY TIFFANY STUDIOS, CIRCA 1895-1910 Baluster-shaped, decorated at the shoulder with a profusion of millefiore-centered white water flowers on trailing sage-green stems above deep green lily pads, the cloudy pale translucent ground shading to orange at the foot, encased in a clear layer of glass, engraved Louis C. Tiffany R2385--11¼in. (28.5cm.) high PROVENANCE Lillian Nassau, Ltd. David Geffen Christie's New York, Magnificent Tiffany, The David Geffen Collection , December 15, 1984, lot 12 EXHIBITED Washington, D.C., The Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany , September 29, 1989-March 4, 1990. This exhibit travelled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 12-September 9, 1990. LITERATURE Alastair Duncan et al., Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany , Thames and Hudson, Ltd., London, 1989, fig. 34 cf. Hugh F. McKean, The Lost Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany , Doubleday & Co., New York, 1980, p. 161 for a similar vase from McKean collection; M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany , Exhibition catalogue, 25 April-8 August 1981, p. 77, no. 136 for a similar example In addition to this paperweight vase's size, its internal decoration on numerous planes creates a three-dimensional quality that contributes to its vitality.
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