Lot 180
180
A FAMIGLIA GOTICA WAISTED ALBARELLO painted in blue, manganese, green and ochre with a central band of scrolling foliage between bands of lozenges enclosing dots in square panels and blue bands, the shoulder with a band of lines and dots (slight glaze flaking and areas of glaze restoration, crack to rim dividing into body), Faenza or Naples, early 16th century

Details
A FAMIGLIA GOTICA WAISTED ALBARELLO painted in blue, manganese, green and ochre with a central band of scrolling foliage between bands of lozenges enclosing dots in square panels and blue bands, the shoulder with a band of lines and dots (slight glaze flaking and areas of glaze restoration, crack to rim dividing into body), Faenza or Naples, early 16th century
31cm. high
Provenance
Monsieur Damiron, sale Sotheby & Co., 16 June 1938, lot 13 ((20 to F.D. Lycett Green)
F.D. Lycett Green, Sale Sotheby's

Lot Essay

Formerly attributed to Faenza these are now usually associated with Naples

Cf. a similar example sold in these Rooms, 2 July 1990, lot 191; two famiglia gotica albarelli from the Robert Strauss collection, sold in these Rooms, 21 June 1976, lots 10 and 11, and the oviform jars, 3 July 1989, lots 375 and 376

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