AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA TWO-HANDLED DRUG JAR AND AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA STORAGE JAR, CIRCA 1580 AND 1615

The Collection of a Noble Lady

AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA TWO-HANDLED DRUG JAR AND AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA STORAGE JAR, CIRCA 1580 AND 1615

the first jar, probably Montelupo, the rope-twist handles with mask terminals, named for `S. ros.sol.` in gothick script, on a banner reserved against fruit and flowers, the second jar, probably Calabrian, named for `mostartda` within a scroll cartouche on a ground of flowers, the reverse with a panel painted with a portrait of a youth 

Both 33 cm., 13 in. high

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