LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

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TWO CASTELLI MAIOLICA PHARMACY DRUG-FLASKS
LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
Of globular form with cylindrical necks and flared rims, named in blue for d·de·sanznci and d·de·buglossa, painted in blue, yellow, ochre and green, one with a female figure, holding a posy and draped in a cloak, the other with a standing man and a dog, in landscapes beside turreted buildings enclosed by a band of flowerheads and foliage, the rims and footrims with bands of false gadroons and acanthus leaves (the first with restoration to rim slightly extending into neck at back and with restored chip to foot, glaze chip to one side of panel, the second with restoration and minute chip to rim)
10¼ in. (26.7 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

See Carola Fiocco et al., Capolavori della Maiolica Castellana dal Cinquecento al Terzo Fuoco La Collezzione Matricardi, Teramo Exhibition Catalogue, 2012, p. 67 for an albarello perhaps from the same pharmacy as the second drug-flask (the treatment of the label is the same) and belonging to a group attributed to the Maestro dell'Annunciazione.

Buglossa denotes the medicinal plant Bugloss, thought to expel poisons and venom; the leaves, flowers and roots were used.

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