Porcelain, Pottery and Glass - 30th April 2013
Lot 173
A Venetian albarello c.1550-70
Estimate £1,600 - £2,000
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Description
A Venetian albarello c.1550-70, decorated in the workshop of Domenego da Venezia, one side with a portrait of a soldier wearing a helmet, the reverse with a young man wearing a white-collared tunic, on a ground of scrolling leaves and flowers, chipped and cracked, 17cm.
Cf. Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum, pp.418-9 for other examples of work by Domenego da Venezia.