European Sculpture & Works of Art

European Sculpture & Works of Art

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The Property of an Important European Collector

Workshop of Virgiliotto Calamelli

Maiolica vase

Lot Closed

July 2, 02:21 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of an Important European Collector


Workshop of Virgiliotto Calamelli

Italian, Faenza, circa 1560

Maiolica vase


decorated at quartieri and inscribed with the name of the original content: dia moronis nic, with a seated male figure above.

tin-glazed earthenware

36cm., 14 1/8 in.

Christie's, Rome, 26-27 April 1988, lot 438

RELATED LITERATURE

C. Ravanelli Guidotti, Thesaurus, Faenza, 1998, pp. 366, 367, figs.1, 2; R. Montagut, Faiences, Paris and Faenza, 1990, no.23.

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