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SY.Di.ROSE SECHe for syrup of dried roses.
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LATE QUARTER 16TH CENTURY, PROBABLY VENICE
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an italian maiolica armorial spouted syrup jar
Late quarter 16th century, probably Venice
The ovoid cream-ground body painted in ochre, yellow, blue and green, decorated with a large banderole inscribed in manganese red with SY.Di.ROSE.SECHe above a coat of arms, surmounted with a mascaroon in relief, surrounded with a grotesche decoration and fruit, the back with vertical bands containing zig-zag motifs, with an oblique spout connected with a rope to the neck, with double loop handle ending in a palm frond
24cm high
Late quarter 16th century, probably Venice
The ovoid cream-ground body painted in ochre, yellow, blue and green, decorated with a large banderole inscribed in manganese red with SY.Di.ROSE.SECHe above a coat of arms, surmounted with a mascaroon in relief, surrounded with a grotesche decoration and fruit, the back with vertical bands containing zig-zag motifs, with an oblique spout connected with a rope to the neck, with double loop handle ending in a palm frond
24cm high
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Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.