FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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A CALTAGIRONE MAIOLICA LARGE TWO-HANDLED OWL-JAR AND COVER
FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Applied with two rope-twist handles, painted with stylised plumage in shades of pale-blue, ochre, green and manganese, its features boldly modelled

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Lot Essay

It has been suggested that the smaller examples of this type may have been used for water or wine, the covers of the smaller examples serving as drinking vessels. A related example is in the Hunt Museum, Limerick, Ireland (museum no. HCN 288), and another is illustrated by Antonio Ragona, La Maiolica Siciliana Dalle Origin All'Ottocento, Palermo, 1986, no. 204.

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