Lot Essay
Cf. Chompret, Vol. II, no. 14 for a Bolognese bottle dated 1510 in the collection of the musée national de la cèramique decorated with a similar pattern of leafy arabesques; also Rackham, Catalogue (V&A), no. 1400 for a bottle dated 1500-1520.
Sold with thermoluminescence certificate 381s62 dated February 1986 from the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, stating that the sample tested was last fired between 220 and 340 years ago (1646 - 1766). However, as these dates are inconsistent with both the assumed period of manufacture and that of the period during which similar pieces are known to have been copied, the accuracy of the test must be questioned.
Sold with thermoluminescence certificate 381s62 dated February 1986 from the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Oxford University, stating that the sample tested was last fired between 220 and 340 years ago (1646 - 1766). However, as these dates are inconsistent with both the assumed period of manufacture and that of the period during which similar pieces are known to have been copied, the accuracy of the test must be questioned.