Fontana workshop
An istoriato vase
Auction Closed
November 6, 07:36 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Italian, Urbino, circa 1550-1570
An ovoid body with two ridges and a flared rim, raised on a knopped, flared foot and applied with double snake handles with mask terminals, painted with a continuous mythological scene possibly depicting on one side Neptune and Amphitrite, the reverse depicting sea deities, with Cupid, Tritons and Nereids in the background, the ochre rims with rigid leaf borders.
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
33.5 cm. high, 13¼in.
Collection Charleroux;
Sotheby's London, 15 December 1999, lot 56A
Where acquired.
An istoriato vase with similarly designed snake handles belonging to Medici collection is in the Museo del Bargello, Florence and is illustrated by Marini in Maioliche e ceramiche del Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Turin, 2024, no. 287, pp. 226-227. In addition, a similarly shaped istoriato vase is in the Louvre; illustrated by J. Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux, Paris 1974, cat.no.1032. This vase shows a manner of painting similar to that of lot 10, displaying a typical Fontana workshop style but are most likely decorated by different painters.
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