L13301

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Lot 2
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A pair of Faenza maiolica vases, circa 1550

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • pottery
  • 30cm., 11 3/4in.
painted on a canary-yellow ground with a guilloche panel painted with a figure of Fortitude or of a youth with a flowering branch, againsta broad band of yellow oak-leaf foliageon a dark blue ground, the necks and beses with similar blue-ground borders, some repainting of yellow on rims, and typical minor flaking

Condition

typical minor chips and surface wear
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