Lot 181
  • 181

Three Montelupo chargers, 17th century

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • pottery
  • 30.8cm., 12 1/8 in.; 32.5cm., 12 3/4 in.; and 32.8cm., 12 7/8 in. diam.
one painted with two gentleman dual wielding standing upon a tiled floor, one with a gentleman shooting a musket, and another with a gentleman standing holding two swords raised, each in a minimal landscape reserved against bright ochre-yellow sky,

Condition

The dish with two gentleman wielding, hairline crack at 6 o'clock, measuring approximately 13.5cm. long; The dish with a gentleman shooting, faint hairline crack measuring approximately 8cm. long; The dish with a gentleman holding two swords, broken into two sections and repaired. otherwise typical scattered glaze chips.
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