Lot Essay
See G. Conti, L' Arte della Maiolica in Italia, Busto Arsizio, 1980, p. 116, ill. 117 for a related wet drug jar.
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EARLY 16TH CENTURY, CAFAGGIOLO OR MONTELUPO
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A set of two Tuscan maiolica wet drug jars
EARLY 16TH CENTURY, CAFAGGIOLO OR MONTELUPO
Both with a balustroid body with short spout and two loop handles, decorated on white ground in blue, yellow and ochre with palmette persiane alternating flowerheads, curvaceous motifs and lines forming a honey comb structure, the base and the waisted neck enhanced with rings (losses to the spouts)
24.5 and 24.7 cm. high (2)
EARLY 16TH CENTURY, CAFAGGIOLO OR MONTELUPO
Both with a balustroid body with short spout and two loop handles, decorated on white ground in blue, yellow and ochre with palmette persiane alternating flowerheads, curvaceous motifs and lines forming a honey comb structure, the base and the waisted neck enhanced with rings (losses to the spouts)
24.5 and 24.7 cm. high (2)
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