Lot 1713* - A186 Silver & Porcelain - Tuesday, 25. September 2018, 04.00 PM
PAIR OF MAIOLICA DRUG-JARS "A QUARTIERI",
Faenza, c. 1550.
Bombola type, "a quartieri" decoration in blue and ochre yellow, heightened in green. The fronts each with a medallion with an antique portrait head "Anibalo" and "Camilo" surrounded by blue tendril panels on alternating blue and ochre yellow ground. Scroll with the pharmaceutical title "El. De.Forbis" and "Exinuentione Nostra".
H 19.5 cm. Restorations.
Provenance: Important private collection of an Italian aristocrat.
“Belle Arti” export license available.
Comparable pieces:
E. Sani/T.Wilson, Maioliche Rinascimentali Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio Perugina, 2006, p. 92; J.Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux, Musées du Louvre et de Cluny, Paris 1974, p. 305-313.
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)