Property from a Swiss Private Collection
“The Nessus Painter,” Italian, Siena, circa 1500-1515
Large Ewer Basin, or Stand, with the Arms of the Este of Ferrara
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February 2, 05:19 PM GMT
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60,000 - 90,000 USD
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Property from a Swiss Private Collection
“The Nessus Painter”
Italian, Siena, circa 1500-1515
Large Ewer Basin, or Stand, with the Arms of the Este of Ferrara
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
diameter: 16 ½ in.; 42 cm.
decorated with broad border and central, polylobed boss in relief; the lobes painted with blue oak leaves with yellow acorns on orange ground; the center with an escutcheon with the coat of arms of the Este family of Ferrara; further decorative motifs within multiple concentric circles and repeated grotesques on an orange background with facing dolphins, cornucopiae, palm trees and masks on the border; the reverse with large flower with eight petals encircled by a border of half- petals interspersed with further patterns inspired by 15th century Hispano-Moresque lusterware.
reverse also with an inventory number painted in red ‘768’ (from the Otto Beit collection, affixed in 1916) and round collection label partly torn off.
Possibly Ercole I d'Este (1431-1505) or his son Alfonso I d'Este (1476-1535);
Otto Beit (1865-1930), London, since at least 1916;
Alfred Lane Beit (1903-1994);
His sale, Catalog of Important Italian Majolica. The property of Sir Alfred Beit, Christie's, London, 16 October 1942, lot 33;
Charles Harold St John Hornby (1867-1946);
Fernand Adda (1890-1965), Paris;
His sale, Collection d’un grand amateur, Paris, 29 november-3 december 1965, lot 603;
With Cyril Humphris, London;
Private collection, London.
London, Cyril Humphris Ltd., 69 pieces of Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica from the Adda Collection, 1 - 18 June 1967.
B. Rackham and A. van de Put, Catalogue of the Collection of pottery and porcelain in the possession of M Otto Beit, London, Chidwick press, 1916, p. 87, no. 768, pl. XVIII (b), p. 86;
B. Rackham, Victoria & Albert Museum. Catalog of Italian maiolica, London, 1940, I, p. 130 [Reprint, edited by J. V. G. Mallet. London, 1977];
B. Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica. Illustrated Catalog of a Private Collection [catalogue of the Adda collection], London, 1959, no. 319, pl. 137a-b;
C.Humphris, 69 pieces of Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica from the Adda Collection, London, 1-18 June 1967, lot 36;
M. Anselmi Zondadari and P. Torriti, Ia Ceramica a Siena plaque origini all'Ottocento, Siena, 2012, p. 61, p. 56, fig. 62;
C. Leprince, Feu et talent II. Italian majolica from the Renaissance XXVI biennale des Antiquaires, Paris, September 14-23, 2012, Paris, 2012, p. 42.