A WAISTED ALBARELLO

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A WAISTED ALBARELLO
FAENZA, CIRCA 1545

Painted a quartieri in blue, green and yellow and ochre heightened with white with a female portrait bust within a medallion inscribed FEDRA on a verticle ribbon, reserved against verticle bands of yellow arabesques on alternating blue and green grounds, labeled for T fera.pfica on a horizontal ribbon bisecting the body (rim and foot chips, two cracks from rim into shoulder on opposing sides, glaze flakes)--9½ in. (24,2 cm.) high