Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 3 October 1983, lot 83.
LATE 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Palissy pierced tazza
Late 16th Century
Glazed in blue, green, manganese and yellow, the centre moulded with a portrait of Isabella within a pierced strapwork and foliage well enclosing moulded mask-heads, the underside mottled in blue and manganese (extensively repaired)
8¾in. (22.5cm.) diam.
Late 16th Century
Glazed in blue, green, manganese and yellow, the centre moulded with a portrait of Isabella within a pierced strapwork and foliage well enclosing moulded mask-heads, the underside mottled in blue and manganese (extensively repaired)
8¾in. (22.5cm.) diam.