Lot Essay
Cf. D.A. Wittop Koning, Apothekerspotten (Utrecht 1991), p.37 ill.42 for an Antwerp albarello with comparable decoration.
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SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Details
A small early Antwerp maiolica albarello
Second half 16th century
The slightly flaring cylindrical pale blue-ground body decorated in blue with a foglie motifs inspired by Faenza examples, with an oblique banner inscribed PV:PVERPERI., the waisted shoulders with imbricate s-motifs (restored)
10.5cm. high
See illustration
Second half 16th century
The slightly flaring cylindrical pale blue-ground body decorated in blue with a foglie motifs inspired by Faenza examples, with an oblique banner inscribed PV:PVERPERI., the waisted shoulders with imbricate s-motifs (restored)
10.5cm. high
See illustration
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