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A Pavia maiolica tazza, circa 1740-1750

Estimate

1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

on a low circular foot, painted with a Polish archer on horseback in a landscape, in blue, berettino and manganese, the underside decorated with blue foliate motifs


32.1 cm, 12 ⅝ in. diameter


Christie's, London, 8 July 2014, lot 353.

The present composition, depicting a Polish archer on horseback, is based on an engraving by Stefano della Bella (1610–1664), from the series Cavalieri negri, polacchi e ungheresi.


Related Literature

G. Biscontini Ugolini and J. Petruzzellis Scherer, Maiolica e incisione, Castello Sforzesco, exhibition catalogue, Vicenza, 1992, p. 367, no. 44.

E. Pellizzoni, M. Forni and S. Nepoti, La maiolica di Pavia tra Seicento e Settecento, Milan, 1997, p. 367, no. 94.

R. Ausenda, Museo di Arti Applicate. Ceramiche, Milan, 2002, vol. II, p. 156, no. 186.