A small Sicilian maiolica albarello 1st half 17th century

A small Sicilian maiolica albarello 1st half 17th century, the waisted body painted with the head and shoulders of a bearded Turk in a large turban, reserved on a ground of blue scrolling foliage between rope twist bands, some wear and slight chipping to the rim, 10.5cm.

Cf. Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum, p.466, no.500 for a similar but larger albarello painted by Andrea Pantaleo.