AN ISTORIATO ARMORIAL WAISTED ALBARELLO painted with Aurora in her chariot in a continuous mountainous landscape and named for SOY·DEFVMO·CON on a ribbon below, between borders of stylised trophies and masks (extensively damaged and repaired), Urbino or Castel Durante, circa 1563

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AN ISTORIATO ARMORIAL WAISTED ALBARELLO painted with Aurora in her chariot in a continuous mountainous landscape and named for SOY·DEFVMO·CON on a ribbon below, between borders of stylised trophies and masks (extensively damaged and repaired), Urbino or Castel Durante, circa 1563
30.5cm. high

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The Arms are those of either Della Torre of Ravenna or Torelli of Forli

Cf. Rudolph E.A. Drey, 'Pots de pharmacie du duché d'Urbino à décor dit "istoriato"', Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie, nos. 264 (Mars 1985), pp. 5-13 and 274 (Septembre 1987), pp. 195-200 for a detailed survey of this group of wares and where other examples are cited
A similarly painted dish in the Museo Statale d'Arte Medioevale e Moderna in Arezzo is signed by the Castel Durante potter Andrea da Negroponte

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