A WHITE HABANER WARE HUNGARIAN FAIENCE AJOUR OCTAGONAL DISH, the flaring sides pierced with intricate floral panels after silverwork examples, on oval pedestal base (damaged), 17th Century

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A WHITE HABANER WARE HUNGARIAN FAIENCE AJOUR OCTAGONAL DISH, the flaring sides pierced with intricate floral panels after silverwork examples, on oval pedestal base (damaged), 17th Century
30 cm wide

Lot Essay

cf. - K.Layer, Oberungarische Habaner Fayencen
- J. Kybalová and J. Novotná, Habánská Fajáns, (1590-1730), p.96-101
- K. Cernohonsky, Die Anfänge der Habaner Fayenceproduktion

Habaner ware is maiolica produced in the late 16th and 17th Centuries in Moravia and the Hungarian Empire. The name is a Magyar corruption of Anabaptisten, a protestant sect, who were its first makers. Some of the earlier specimens show a striking resemblance in their elaborate openwork borders to late Italian maiolica. The earliest dated specimen is an ajour dish of 1598.

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