Lot Essay
See Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Part I, Christie's New York, 6 October 1993, lots 35 and 36 for two other albarelli from the same series, also dated 1555.
CIRCA 1555
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A CASTEL DURANTE MAIOLICA ALBARELLO
Circa 1555
Of waisted cylindrical form, painted in rich shades of blue, green, yellow and ochre, the shoulder and foot with a robbiana, the body with a portrait named 'Fabio' within a similar surround, reserved on a blue ground painted with trophies, labelled on a ribbon for Sy Acetosi Fmph
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Circa 1555
Of waisted cylindrical form, painted in rich shades of blue, green, yellow and ochre, the shoulder and foot with a robbiana, the body with a portrait named 'Fabio' within a similar surround, reserved on a blue ground painted with trophies, labelled on a ribbon for Sy Acetosi Fmph
12in. (30.5cm.) high