Details
A STORAGE JUG
TUSCAN, 15TH CENTURY
Of baluster form with beak spout and strap handle, moulded below the spout with a bearded mask and on each side with a pinecone, painted in green and manganese with various geometric patterns, the underside inscribed in red with Sackler number 79.5.22 (restored, test drill holes to underside)--7½in. (19cm.) high
Provenance
The Volpi Collection, Rome; sale in Florence, March 25, 1910, lot 464 Dr. Abe Bak, New York; Sotheby & Co., London, December 7, 1965, lot 10 ($?? to ?)
With Cyril Humphris, London
Literature
Bellini and Conti, p. 50
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., no. ?
San Francisco, CA, no. 7
