A large Bassano-Venice-type maiolica white-ground circular trompe l'oeil fruit and flower basket

18TH CENTURY

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A large Bassano-Venice-type maiolica white-ground circular trompe l'oeil fruit and flower basket
18th Century
Naturalistically modelled in relief as a flaring woven basket overflowing with a multitude of various fruit specimen, the unglazed brown-ground flat underside pierced with a tiny opening (minor damages)
26cm. high

Lot Essay

c.f. J de Kleyn, Volksaardewerk in Nederland, ill. 42A for a Tegelen Dutch Stoneware stove garniture. The Dutch Limburg farmers surmounted their stoves with this type of object during summertime when the fire was not burning. These decorative kachelopzetten had lots of similarities with the above

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