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A SICILIAN BALUSTER DRUG-JAR
Mid-17th Century
Painted with a portrait head of a warrior wearing a blue and ochre helmet within a circular cartouche on a blue ground with ochre, yellow and turquoise flowering foliage, the neck inscribed M.O ANTONINO LONOBILE· and the lower part with a band of stiff leaves (extensively broken and repaired, chips and glaze flaking)
15in. (38cm.) high
Mid-17th Century
Painted with a portrait head of a warrior wearing a blue and ochre helmet within a circular cartouche on a blue ground with ochre, yellow and turquoise flowering foliage, the neck inscribed M.O ANTONINO LONOBILE· and the lower part with a band of stiff leaves (extensively broken and repaired, chips and glaze flaking)
15in. (38cm.) high