Lot 56
56
A PAIR OF MONTELUPO TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER JARS of baluster form with strap handles, painted with stylised pinecones, tendrils and scrolls in blue enriched in ochre (slight chips to rim, one with slight crack to foot, minor glaze flaking to handles and rims), circa 1580

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A PAIR OF MONTELUPO TWO-HANDLED BALUSTER JARS of baluster form with strap handles, painted with stylised pinecones, tendrils and scrolls in blue enriched in ochre (slight chips to rim, one with slight crack to foot, minor glaze flaking to handles and rims), circa 1580
15.5cm. high (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica, pl. 143, nos. 334 and 335; see also the example sold in these Rooms on 4 October 1982, lot 238

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