A Deruta lustred two-handled fluted oval sauceboat
CIRCA 1600
Details
A Deruta lustred two-handled fluted oval sauceboat Circa 1600
With lobed rim and on a low foot, painted in copper-lustre, the interior with stylised foliage and the exterior with gadroons below a band of ovolo ornament, the handles with leaf and tendril terminals (part of one terminal lacking, minor chips to leaves and rim)
6 3/8in. (16cm.) wide
Literature
Bernard Rackham, op. cit. (1959), no. 216b.
Lot Essay
Cf. Jeanne Giacomotti, op. cit. (1974), p. 432, no. 1289.