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SAVONA, DATED 1772, PAINTED BY AGOSTINO RATTI FECE
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AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA BLUE AND WHITE GLAZED SNAKE-HANDLED STORAGE JAR
Savona, dated 1772, painted by Agostino Ratti fece
Of baluster form the coiled snake handles issuing from mask terminals the neck with quatrefoil cartouches of a putto holding a bunch of grapes and a fortress, the body with a battle scene below a star enclosing the letter S and inscribed Agostino Ratti fece. in Savona 1772 and above a spigot escutcheon moulded as a grotesque mask, the reverse with putti harvesting grapes from tree-like vines, each reserved within foliate cartouches on a ground of scrolling flowering acanthus, the underside in red with colletor's number 76.39
28in. (78cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide
Savona, dated 1772, painted by Agostino Ratti fece
Of baluster form the coiled snake handles issuing from mask terminals the neck with quatrefoil cartouches of a putto holding a bunch of grapes and a fortress, the body with a battle scene below a star enclosing the letter S and inscribed Agostino Ratti fece. in Savona 1772 and above a spigot escutcheon moulded as a grotesque mask, the reverse with putti harvesting grapes from tree-like vines, each reserved within foliate cartouches on a ground of scrolling flowering acanthus, the underside in red with colletor's number 76.39
28in. (78cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) wide