SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY

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A MONTELUPO MAIOLICA TWO-HANDLED 'OAK LEAF' JAR OR VASO BIANSATO
SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY
Painted in blue and edged with manganese, the front with a panther within a circular band cartouche radiating stylised oak leaves, the reverse with a hatched circle within a similar cartouche and foliage, each side with a manganese N below the handle
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

來源

Chompret Collection; Ader Tajan, Paris, 15 December 1976.

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Please note that the estimate for this lot should read £15,000-20,000

榮譽呈獻

Nicola Chan

nchan@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2662

拍品專文

Excavations at Montelupo have unearthed fragments relating to this type of jar. The N marks are presumably for the name of a workshop or apothecary, but the significance has yet to be established. The panther is probably derived from a Roman panther, often associated with Bacchus, the god of wine.
This jar is part of a rare group decorated in zaffera diluita, rather than zaffera a rilievo, with panthers and with Ns below the handles. A very similar example in the Bargello, Florence, is illustrated by Giovanni Conti, Museo Nazionale di Firenze Palazzo del Bargello, Catalogo delle Maioliche, Florence, 1971, no. 232. Also see Marino Marini, Passione e Collezione, Maioliche e ceramiche toscane dal XIV al XVIII secolo, Casa Buonarroti, Florence, November 2014 - February 2015 Exhibition Catalogue, Florence, 2014, pp. 60-63 for two related examples. For further related examples, see www.christies.com.

SECOND HALF OF THE 15TH CENTURY

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