Quatre gobelets en verre églomisé, Bohémie, vers 1730-50 Four interesting Bohemia...

Quatre gobelets en verre églomisé, Bohémie, vers 1730-50 Four interesting Bohemian Zwischengoldglas beakers, circa 1730-50 Of finely fluted tapering cylindrical form, all internally decorated with fine gilding between the double-walls, the largest finely decorated with a battle scene, possibly after G P Rugendas, with two gentleman on horseback aiming their pistols at one another, a further horseman engaged in a sword fight with another, with two deceased figures on the ground, inscribed 'VOR GROSZER KRIGES/ GEFAHR UNSZ GOTT BEWAHR' (May God save us from Danger before a great war) above, the ruby base with trophies of war, 8.7cm high (shallow rim chip), the others comprising one with a stag hunt, the ruby base with hounds devouring a hare, 8.2cm high, one with a hare hunt, the ruby base with hounds chasing a stag, 9.9cm high (rim chips), and one with two figures with a fishing net before horsemen and a hound, within silver leaf borders, the ruby base with hounds chasing a stag, 7.3cm high (minor rim chips and base distressed) (4) Footnotes: Compare these examples to the beaker illustrated by Rudolf von Strasser and Sabine Bäumgartner, Licht und Farbe, 2002, p.452, no.296. A Zwischengoldglas flask with an identical scene of hunters with a net at a fox den is illustrated by Walter Spiegl in Jürgen Fischer's catalogue, Zwischengoldglãser der Sammlung Just, 2004, no.28. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing