A Castelli dated shallow bowl

1727

细节

A Castelli dated shallow bowl
1727
Painted with the Virgin of Loreto and the Christ child appearing among clouds before the Holy House of Loreto in a rocky bay within an ochre line rim, the underside inscribed in blue about the rim Ex Puluere Parietu, & Ex Aqua Sacræ Scutellæ Almæ Domus Lauretanæ Anno Dni,1727. (minor crack at 4 o'clock)
6.7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) diam.

拍品专文

The Virgin Mary was believed to have been transported by angels from Nazareth to Loreto, Her house there apparently being the setting of the Annunciation. The shrine built around the Santa Casa contained a statue of the Virgin and a Holy bowl, said to have been used by Her. The shrine became a major centre for pilgrims, particularly during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Bowls of this sort were made for pilgrims, containing dust from the Santa Casa and water taken from the Holy bowl. Cf. Timothy Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Ashmolean Museum (1989), pp. 74-5, no. 33, and Bernard Rackham, Catalogue of Italian Maiolica (Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue, 1940), vol. II, Pl. 187, no. 1163.