Lot 23
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A DERUTA GOLD-LUSTRE SLENDER OVIFORM EWER
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A DERUTA GOLD-LUSTRE SLENDER OVIFORM EWER

POSSIBLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY

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A DERUTA GOLD-LUSTRE SLENDER OVIFORM EWER
POSSIBLY EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Painted with Saint Francis kneeling before a crucifix in a stylised landscape, between concentric bands, the lower part with a broad band of scale pattern; minute fritting and flaking to rims
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
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For a related example, see Julia E. Poole, 'Italian Maiolica and Incised Slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge' Catalogue (Cambridge, 1995), pp. 171-2, no. 243, where the author discusses the use of the image of the Saint on useful wares that were sold to pilgrims visiting Assisi.

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