Lot Essay
Verderame for verdigris.
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EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Details
A Montelupo maiolica armorial albarello
Early 16th century
The cylindrical body painted in light and dark blue, ochre, yellow, turquoise-green and dark manganese-red, with a central féronnerie coat-of-arms depicting a dragon in a tazza, flanked by the initials I and C above an elongated caption inscribed Verderame, further decorated with Persian palmettes alternating flowerheads and curvaceous motifs, the base and the neck waisted and enhanced with rings
17 cm. high
Early 16th century
The cylindrical body painted in light and dark blue, ochre, yellow, turquoise-green and dark manganese-red, with a central féronnerie coat-of-arms depicting a dragon in a tazza, flanked by the initials I and C above an elongated caption inscribed Verderame, further decorated with Persian palmettes alternating flowerheads and curvaceous motifs, the base and the neck waisted and enhanced with rings
17 cm. high
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