Lot Essay
For a related dish in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Brunswick, see Johanna Lessmann, Italienische Majolika, Brunswick, 1979, p. 218, no. 221.
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CIRCA 1550-70, PROBABLY FONTANA WORKSHOP
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AN URBINO MAIOLICA ISTORIATO DISH
CIRCA 1550-70, PROBABLY FONTANA WORKSHOP
Painted with Neptune surprising and embracing a nymph, perhaps Caenis, on a sea-shore, Neptune wearing a green turban and a manganese drape, his trident at his feet, the nymph in a billowing ochre dress, Cupid standing to the right holding a trident before hippocampi and distant rocks, ships, rockwork and buildings on an island, within a blue line and ochre band rim, small rim chip at 8 o'clock, minor chipping to footrim and glaze at rim
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 1550-70, PROBABLY FONTANA WORKSHOP
Painted with Neptune surprising and embracing a nymph, perhaps Caenis, on a sea-shore, Neptune wearing a green turban and a manganese drape, his trident at his feet, the nymph in a billowing ochre dress, Cupid standing to the right holding a trident before hippocampi and distant rocks, ships, rockwork and buildings on an island, within a blue line and ochre band rim, small rim chip at 8 o'clock, minor chipping to footrim and glaze at rim
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 2 July 1979, lot 42.
With H. Reichert, Munich, from whom it was acquired on 17 July 1979.
With H. Reichert, Munich, from whom it was acquired on 17 July 1979.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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