Lot 278
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A TUSCAN MAIOLICA ARMORIAL TWO-HANDLED OVIFORM JAR
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A TUSCAN MAIOLICA ARMORIAL TWO-HANDLED OVIFORM JAR

FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, CAFFAGGIOLO OR MONTELUPO, INSCRIBED B MARK BELOW EACH HANDLE

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A TUSCAN MAIOLICA ARMORIAL TWO-HANDLED OVIFORM JAR
FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY, CAFFAGGIOLO OR MONTELUPO, INSCRIBED B MARK BELOW EACH HANDLE
Painted in a vivid palette with a coat of arms above a scrolled banner, enriched with a thick manganese glaze obscuring the inscription PVliPODIO on a ground of blue la pigna, damages and repairs
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

See the Caffaggiolo armorial jar dated 1541, sold Christie's London 29 June 1981, lot 297; see also Rudolf E.A. Drey Apothecary Jars, (London, 1978) p. 34, pl. 6C where the author attributes the arms to ALDOBRANDINI DI LIPPO.

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