Lot 18
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A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
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A VENICE OVIFORM JAR

CIRCA 1550-70

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A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
CIRCA 1550-70
Decorated a frutti with a broad band of coloured fruit and scrolling foliage between horizontal green and blue bands and blue hatching (broken through and repaired, small rim chip)
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

A jar of related design is illustrated by Rudolf Drey, Apothecary Jars (London, 1978), p. 63, no. 24a. A jar of slightly different type with the inclusion of a bird in the decoration is discussed and illustrated by Julia Poole, Italian maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge, 1995), p. 413, no. 444.

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