Hanap en vermeil et argent, Naples, vers 1450-1500

le centre bombé aux  côtés repoussés et ciselés de lobes bordés de surfaces amaties



domed centre and raised sides embossed and chased with lobes interrupted by matting and beads

excellent mark, good condition and colour.
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Le poinçon de ville de Naples insculpé sur ce bol se trouve également sur un buste de St Bartholomé dans le couvent de Santa Chiara à Naples et sur un reliquaire dans la cathédrale de Ravello, datés respectivement de 1470 et 1471 (1). Ce bol fut probablement utilisé pour boire du vin, le décor se découvrant à travers le liquide, les parties en vermeil, le centre bombé et la moulure concave donnant à la couleur plus de profondeur. Douze bols en vermeil similaires mais avec un pied, sont dépeints sur une fresque du Palazzo Altemps à Rome qui représente les cadeaux de noce de Girolamo Riario et Caterina Sforza en 1477.

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The Naples town mark struck on this bowl, is recorded on a bust of Saint Bartholomew in the convent of Santa Chiara, Naples and on a reliquary in the cathedral of Ravello, dated respectivley 1470 and 1471 (1).  The bowl was probably used for drinking wine, the ornament then being visible through the transparent liquid, the gilded parts, domed centre and concave ring providing depth to deepen the colour. Twelve parcel-gilt footed bowls, otherwise similar can be seen in a fresco in Palazzo Altemps, Rome, showing the wedding gifts at the marriage in 1477 of Girolamo Riario and Caterina Sforza

(1) Elio and Corrado Catello,  Argenti Napoletani dal XVI al XIX Secolo, Naples 1973, p. 83.