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An Italian maiolica two-handled albarello, Florence District, partly 1450 circa

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 EUR

Lot Details

Description

painted in blue with the fleur-de-lis, the heraldic emblem of the Republic of Florence, and on the other side with a bird within stylised foliage,

partially restored 


24 cm, 9 ½ in. high


With paper collection labels applied to the base.

 

Related Literature

B. Rackham, Catalogue of Italian Maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1940, nos. 58–59.

Imbert Collection, Rome;

Damiron Collection, Lyon;

Pierre Cardin, Rémy Le Fur & Associés, Paris, 29 November 2010, lot 125.

C. Damiron, Majoliques Italiennes, Lyon, 1944, no. 9.

Galeazzo Cora, Storia della maiolica di Firenze e del contado, Secoli XIV e XV, Florence, 1973, vol. II, no. 126c.

We are grateful to Professor Marino Marini for his assistance in the cataloguing of the present lot.