Italian, Laterza, first half 18th century

boldly drawn in manganese and blue with a hare boxing in a stylised landscape, within blue dash borders, the lower of which encloses a scrolling monogram

A Laterza maiolica albarello, first half eighteenth century There is a 9cm. crack running from the base to edge of decoration; typical minor wear and glaze faults.
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Though the painting of this piece is reminiscent of the so-called 'Maestro del leone rampante', the hand is if anything more exuberant, the nearest comparison in the literature perhaps being in Donatone (op. cit.).

RELATED LITERATURE
G. Donatone, La Maiolica di Laterza, Bari, 1980, pl. 44c