Lot Essay
For a similar jar in the Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid, see Christian Feit, 'Talavera' Keramos No. 84, April 1979, p. 108, fig. 15.
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CIRCA 1700
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A TALAVERA BLUE AND WHITE LARGE BARREL-SHAPED DRUG-JAR
CIRCA 1700
Painted with a stag hunting scene in a wooded landscape, with huntsmen on horseback holding spears, two figures on foot and hounds, one figure spearing a stag, the front with a classical building surmounted by a crown supported by hovering putti, named below for VNG,ROSATVM, in ochre on a scrolling acanthus border, the upper border with a band of ribbon-tied swags suspending fruit, each border between moulded simulated coopering (chipping to rims, small chips and flakes to surface, large crack from rim to foot secured with old rusting staples on exterior and plaster [?] layer on base of interior, section of footrim at base of crack with restored chipping)
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high
CIRCA 1700
Painted with a stag hunting scene in a wooded landscape, with huntsmen on horseback holding spears, two figures on foot and hounds, one figure spearing a stag, the front with a classical building surmounted by a crown supported by hovering putti, named below for VNG,ROSATVM, in ochre on a scrolling acanthus border, the upper border with a band of ribbon-tied swags suspending fruit, each border between moulded simulated coopering (chipping to rims, small chips and flakes to surface, large crack from rim to foot secured with old rusting staples on exterior and plaster [?] layer on base of interior, section of footrim at base of crack with restored chipping)
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium