Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard Rackham, Catalogue of Italian Maiolica (1940), pl. 158, no. 986.
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Details
A Pair of Marchigian berettino-ground waisted albarelli
Late 17th century
Named in blue Gothic script for ·dia· cassia. and ·u·agiptiaco· on a scroll on a ground of blue foliage (slight chips to one top rim)
9½in. (24cm.) high (2)
Late 17th century
Named in blue Gothic script for ·dia· cassia. and ·u·agiptiaco· on a scroll on a ground of blue foliage (slight chips to one top rim)
9½in. (24cm.) high (2)
Literature
Bernard Rackham, Islamic Pottery and Italian Maiolica (1959), pl. 213, no. 466 for the albarello inscribed '.u. agiptiaco'.