Lot Essay
See Francesco Stazzi, Porcellane della casa Eccellentissima Vezzi (1967), pl. XXXII for a saucer of similar form.
AFTERNOON SESSION
at 2.30p.m. precisely
ITALIAN PORCELAIN
A Venice (Vezzi) lobed and fluted saucer
CIRCA 1720, IRON-RED VEN:A MARK, INCISED N
Details
A Venice (Vezzi) lobed and fluted saucer
Circa 1720, iron-red Ven:a mark, incised N
Painted in iron-red, blue, green and purple, the centre with a flower within a border of radiating panels alternately white and with an exotic flower within an iron-red line border with pendant husks (restored rim chip and minute rim chip, slight wear to enamels)
5 3/8in. (13.5cm.) diam.
Circa 1720, iron-red Ven:a mark, incised N
Painted in iron-red, blue, green and purple, the centre with a flower within a border of radiating panels alternately white and with an exotic flower within an iron-red line border with pendant husks (restored rim chip and minute rim chip, slight wear to enamels)
5 3/8in. (13.5cm.) diam.