Lot 42
42
AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA ISTORIATO BOWL
AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA ISTORIATO BOWL

CIRCA 1550-70, PROBABLY VENICE, THE REVERSE INSCRIBED MOISEA · CHE FV TROUATO IN BLUE DALAREGINA IN MANGANESE FOLLOWED BY A FOLIATE FLOURISH

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AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA ISTORIATO BOWL
CIRCA 1550-70, PROBABLY VENICE, THE REVERSE INSCRIBED MoiSea · che fv trouato IN BLUE dalaregina IN MANGANESE FOLLOWED BY A FOLIATE FLOURISH
Painted with the finding of Moses, with the pharaoh's daughter Bithiah and her three attendants on the banks of the nile with trees nearby, Bithiah with a crown pointing towards the infant in a small rectangular ark, before a large expanse of water with distant towns at the feet of mountains, within a blue line and an elaborate yellow and ochre border, the reverse with concentric yellow bands (broken through and restuck with associated losses, some losses filled, chipping to rim)
11 11/16 in. (29.7 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The inscription 'Moisea che fu trovato da la regina' translates as 'Moses who was found by the queen'. The present bowl appears to be very close to two plates in the Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick, which are attributed to Venice. The Brunswick plates also have similar unusual decorated borders, as appears on the present bowl, and the inscriptions on the reverses appear to be by the same hand as the present lot. Both are illustrated by Johanna Lessmann, Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig, Italienische Majolika, Katalog der Sammlung, Brunswick, 1979, pp. 387-388, nos. 559-560.

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