- 42
North Italian, Pavia, circa 1710-30
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description
- Dish
- maiolica
- 40cm., 15 3/4 in. diameter
- North Italian, Pavia, circa 1710-30
the moulded body boldly painted in brown, green, yellow and blue with a large classical farmhouse and a multiple-arched tower in a stylised mountainous landscape, the reverse with manganese sprigs
Condition
A Pavia maiolica dish, circa 1710-30
Very minor rim chips, otherwise in very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Though the style of the painting of this dish is very different from that on the other Pavia dishes in this sale, the appearance of several similar features, including the same distinctive tall tower, ties the group together.
Also, an 'AF' marked dish in the Herzog Anton-Ulrich collection, with the elaborate moulded border (of the type which used to be ascribed to Angarano), has both the tower and the formal farmhouse of the present piece (Bortolotto, op. cit., 1981, pls. CCXIV and CCXV).
It is tempting to attribute the painting of this piece to Siro Domenico Africa, nephew of Siro Antonio, simply because it is a later version of a similar subject, but perhaps not enough is yet known to make a firm attribution.
Also, an 'AF' marked dish in the Herzog Anton-Ulrich collection, with the elaborate moulded border (of the type which used to be ascribed to Angarano), has both the tower and the formal farmhouse of the present piece (Bortolotto, op. cit., 1981, pls. CCXIV and CCXV).
It is tempting to attribute the painting of this piece to Siro Domenico Africa, nephew of Siro Antonio, simply because it is a later version of a similar subject, but perhaps not enough is yet known to make a firm attribution.
RELATED LITERATURE
A. A. Bortolotto, Storia della Ceramica a Venezia, Firenze, 1981, pls. CCXIV and CCXV; E. Pelizzoni, La Maiolica di Pavia tra la fine del Seicento e il primo Settecento, Milan, 1997, pp. 344-47, fig. 55-56