Property from a Swiss Private Collection, Lots 630–637 formerly in the Rothschild Collection
Italian, Urbino, circa 1548-70
Inkstand in the Shape of a Turtle
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February 7, 08:37 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Swiss Private Collection, Lots 630–637 formerly in the Rothschild Collection
Italian, Urbino, circa 1548-70
Inkstand in the Shape of a Turtle
bearing the date 1535 (this portion of the side is restored), four cartouches on the sides and ends include the painted date, a unicorn, an ermine, and a grenade exploding downwards, the base with a cerquate motif on a blue ground
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
length: 11 ⅞ in.; 30 cm
Camille Leprince, 2011.
C. Paolinelli, ‘ Un’inedita maiolica roveresca: il calamaio del Duca’ in Assisi , 2019, pp. 231-8;
T. Wilson and J.V.G. Mallet, The Hockemeyer Collection : maiolica and glass , vol. II, Bremen, 2012, pp. 60-61.