Lot 3
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A PESARO FOGLIA GOTICA ALBARELLO
A PESARO FOGLIA GOTICA ALBARELLO

CIRCA 1460-80, WORKSHOP OF MATTEO DI RANIERO DA CAGLI E VENTURA DI SIMONE DA SIENA

Details
A PESARO FOGLIA GOTICA ALBARELLO
CIRCA 1460-80, WORKSHOP OF MATTEO DI RANIERO DA CAGLI E VENTURA DI SIMONE DA SIENA
Of waisted form, painted in dark-blue, ochre, green and manganese, the centre with a band of scrolling 'Gothic foliage' between blue bands edged with ochre lines, with bands of 'San Bernardino rays' above and below between further blue bands, the waisted shoulder with a band of dash ornament (restoration to shoulder, neck and protruding lower part, very slight flaking to glaze on rim, footrim with slight chipping and flaking to glaze)
13 5/16. in. (33.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Tom Virzi Collection, New York, sale Christie's, London, 19th May 1975, lot 138.

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Lot Essay

A very similar example is illustrated by Andrea Ciaroni, Maioliche del Quattrocento a Pesaro, Frammenti di Storia dell'arte ceramica dalla bottega dei Fedeli, Florence, 2004, p. 36, no. 46, and also see p. 136, fig. III, and excavated shards with similar foglie gotiche are illustrated over pp. 32-33.

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