A MONTELUPO WET-DRUG JAR

16TH CENTURY

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A MONTELUPO WET-DRUG JAR
16TH CENTURY
Oviform, applied with two dolphin handles, the front painted with manganese initials D.F., below a Maltese cross, within an escutcheon and robbiana, the reverse with blue foliage, a B below each handle
14 in. (35.5 cm,) high

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Lot Essay

Two examples of similar type are illustrated in Capolavori della maiolica rinascimentale, Montelupo "fabbrica" di Firenze 1400-1630, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence, Exhibition catalogue 2002, nos. 67 and 68.

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