A SICILIAN (TRAPANI) MAIOLICA ALBARELLO

FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY

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A SICILIAN (TRAPANI) MAIOLICA ALBARELLO
FIRST HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Of slightly waisted cylindrical form, the mouth and shoulder with concentric bands of blue and white stripes, the body with ribbons highlighted in ochre alternate with stylized floral forms, the underside inscribed in black ink Caffagialo JK R and D
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Jakob Goldschmidt, Landhaus Goldschmidt, Berlin.
By descent through the family.

Lot Essay

See Bernard Rackham, The Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London, 1977, vol. II, pl. 165, cat. no. 1021 and Rudolf E.A. Drey, Apothecary Jars, London 1978, p. 68, pl. 29A for examples of albarelli of similar form and decoration attributed to Trapani.

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