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A Castelli maiolica ewer, probably workshop of the Pompei Family, late 16th-early 17th century

Lot Closed

September 26, 10:38 AM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

ship-shaped, gadrooned and applied with a grotesque mask, the dark-blue glaze with gilt and light blue shaded decoration


23 x 26,5 cm, 9 x 10 ⅜ in.

Wannenes, Genoa, 26 September 2014, lot 822.

A similar ewer is in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, museum no.Ф-2090 (de Pompeis 2005, fig. XIII).


Related Literature

AA. VV., Le maioliche cinquecentesche di Castelli, Brescia, 1989, cat. nos. 584-85;

L. Arbace, La Maiolica Italiana, Museo della Ceramica del Duca Martina, Naples, 1996, no. 137;

T. Fittipoldi, Museo di San Martino, Ceramiche, Naples, 1992, no. 1;

V. de Pompeis, Da Castelli all'Ermitage, exhibition catalogue, Terano, 2005, p. 36, fig. XIII.