Lot Essay
The present large-scale dish is interesting in that it represents a scene contemporary with its facture rather than depicting a more usual mythlogical or biblical subject.
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1580-1600, PROBABLY THE WORKSHOP OF ORAZIO FONTANA
Details
AN URBINO MAIOLICA CHARGER
1580-1600, PROBABLY THE WORKSHOP OF ORAZIO FONTANA
Painted after Antonio Tempesta with a bear hunt, peasants with spears and hounds surrounding the animal in a clearing in the woods, a mountain landscape in the background, the reverse with concentric yellow lines, a hint of turquoise in areas of the glaze, the remains of a paper Berney collection label
18 in. (45.8 cm.) diameter
1580-1600, PROBABLY THE WORKSHOP OF ORAZIO FONTANA
Painted after Antonio Tempesta with a bear hunt, peasants with spears and hounds surrounding the animal in a clearing in the woods, a mountain landscape in the background, the reverse with concentric yellow lines, a hint of turquoise in areas of the glaze, the remains of a paper Berney collection label
18 in. (45.8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Reverend Thomas Berney, Bracon Hall, Norfolk, England