LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BURGIO

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A Sicilian maiolica waisted albarello
Late 17th century, probably Burgio
Outlined in manganese and painted in yellow with a three-quarter length skeleton holding an hour-glass within an oval panel on a ground painted in blue and manganese with scrolling foliage between meandering leaves and concentric lines, the lower section painted with a guilloche pattern band, the lower section painted with gadrooning (chipping to rim and footrim, some glaze flaking)
9¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For a discussion of the production of maiolica at Burgio, see Guido Russo Perez, Catalogo Ragionato della Raccolta Russo-Perez Maiolichi Siciliane di Proprietà della Reginoe Siciliana (Palermo, 1954), pp. 135-137.

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