English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23rd May 2017
Lot 73
A Venetian maiolica albarello c.1560-80
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A Venetian maiolica albarello c.1560-80, the squat cylindrical form decorated with a wide band of yellow flowerheads picked out in blue and ochre, with green leaf scrolls reserved on a blue ground between concentric bands of colour and scrolling leaves, 15cm.
Provenance: the W A Beare Collection. Believed sold at Sotheby's, 5th February 1974, lot 28.