A CANTAGALLI IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY BOTTLE VASE, ITALY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A CANTAGALLI IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY BOTTLE VASE, ITALY, 19TH CENTURY
painted with underglaze cobalt blue, green, turquoise, yellow and relief red, outlined in black with alternating saz leaf and palmette on a fish-scale ground, the neck with cintamani motifs, bands of keyfret patterning, underside with Cantagalli cockerel mark
42.5cm.
A bottle of similar form is published in J. Raccanello, Orientalismo Fiorentino: The Taste for the Exotic in 19th century Florence, 2019, p.32.