Lot Essay
See Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Part I, Christie's New York, 6 October 1993, lots 35 and 36 for two other albarelli from the same series, also dated 1555.
DATED 1555
Details
A CASTEL DURANTE MAIOLICA ALBARELLO
Dated 1555
Of waisted cylindrical form, painted in rich shades of blue, green, yellow and ochre, the shoulder and foot with a robbiana, the body with a portrait named 'R.E.Gole' within a similar surround, reserved on a blue ground painted trophei, labelled for Syo. de Radicio fme ac
12in. (30.5cm.) high
Dated 1555
Of waisted cylindrical form, painted in rich shades of blue, green, yellow and ochre, the shoulder and foot with a robbiana, the body with a portrait named 'R.E.Gole' within a similar surround, reserved on a blue ground painted trophei, labelled for Syo. de Radicio fme ac
12in. (30.5cm.) high