Lot 1730* - A170 Silver & Porcelain - Monday, 15. September 2014, 02.00 PM

IMPORTANT, LARGE 'MAJOLICA' PORCELAIN 'ISTORIATO' ALBARELLO 'A QUARTIERI', Faenza, ca. 1540-1550. Cylindrical, slightly conical vessel with circumferential profiled rings on the top and bottom. The front with a scene depicting the Biblical Deluge, framed by a green laurel wreath with yellow fruit, on a background of tendril borders with grotesque figures in blue, yellow and green in the 'Quartieri' style. The top of the scene is adorned by an inscription accentuated in white and blue: 'ZUCCARUM MOLATUM'. Remains of old provenance labels 'Collection Scalea'. H 49 cm, D 33 cm. Small repairs and some chipping of the glaze. Provenance: - Collezione dei Principi Lanza di Scalea, Palermo. - Private collection, Rome. This highly dramatic scene depicts the climax of the Biblical Deluge. The left of the foreground features Noah's Ark with some desperate rejected people attempting to scale the side of the boat in the heart of the flood swallowing those remaining. For this scene, the painter obviously used a copper engraving attributed to Francesco Rosselli (Florence, 1448 -1513) from ca. 1470/90, presently in the British Museum. The main motif of this scene, i.e. the male figure dressed in a loincloth and scaling the Ark is probably the King of the Giants, Org, who apparently saved himself in this manner and was provided with food for months by Noah who took pity on him. For the most part, the painter of the 'albarello' adhered to the details of the copper engraving, and transferred them to the 'albarello'. (Martin Schawe, Sündflut, in: Aviso, Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Kultur in Bayern, 4/2013, pages 12-19). CHF 90 000.- / 120 000.- € 75 000.- / 100 000.-

CHF 60 000 / 80 000 | (€ 61 860 / 82 470)

Sold for CHF 75 000 (including buyer’s premium)
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