Sale 5377
London
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30 - 31 May 2012
Price realised
GBP 3,000
Estimate
A VENICE OVIFORM JAR CIRCA 1560-70 Painted in ochre, yellow, blue and green with a portrait of a female Saint within an ochre oval medallion, reserved against a blue ground highlighted in white sgraffito and painted with trailing acanthus, fruits, acorns and flowerheads (filled hole to lower part, flaking to old restoration, hairline crack from footrim, some chipping to rims) 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
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