Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 15th September 2015
Lot 40
A Venetian maiolica albarello 2nd half 16th century
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550
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Description
A Venetian maiolica albarello 2nd half 16th century, painted to each side with a profile portrait of a man wearing a blue hat, perhaps in the workshop of Domenego da Venezia, reserved on a ground of scrolling leaves and flowerheads, some glaze wear to the rim, 16.5cm.
Cf. Italian Maiolica in the Fitzwilliam Museum, pp.418-9 for other examples of work by Domenego da Venezia.