AN ITALIAN INCISED SLIPWARE JUG

CIRCA 1500, PROBABLY THE VENETO

Details

AN ITALIAN INCISED SLIPWARE JUG
CIRCA 1500, PROBABLY THE VENETO
Of squat globular form with a pinched spout and strap handle, with four bands of zig-zag ribbons forming lozenges, the short waisted neck with boldly scrolling foliage (chipping to rim, chip to handle, chip to footrim, some slight flaking and wear)
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, Geneva, 26th April 1972, lot 106.

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Lot Essay

For a fragment with incised zig-zag ribbons enriched with similar colours, see D. Thornton and T. Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics, A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 2009, p. 647, no. 423.

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