A PAIR OF ITALIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLI

ONE DATED 1566(?), PROBABLY CASTELDURANTE

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLI
ONE DATED 1566(?), PROBABLY CASTELDURANTE
Named for .EL:GENMIS and PHILOI^O.R.^OM on blue rectangular labels within a green-ground a trophei cartouche on a blue-ground of similar martial trophies, the first with a tablet inscribed with the date '1566', the reverse of each with scrolling stylised blue foliage, within yellow and ochre lined rims, minor rim chipping, cracking, crazing and staining
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

A similar example sold Christie's London, 11 March 1996, lot 118. An example dated 1569 in the collection of the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, is discussed in Elena Ivanova, Il secolo d'oro della maiolica, Ceramica italiana dei secoli XV-XVI dalla raccolta del Museo Statale dell'Ermitage, Milan, 2003, p. 113, no. 101.

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