Lot 405
  • 405

An Italian maiolica two-handled jar circa 1520, Montelupo

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • earthenware
  • height 9 1/2 in.; 24 cm
with workshop mark (?) LPO (?) on both sides under the juncture of the handle.

Provenance

Frizzi Baccioni Collection, Florence

Condition

Minor chipping to borders and some slight glaze losses.
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Catalogue Note

Similar examples of Montelupo two-handled vases, with comparable decoration are in the Angiolo Fanfani collection in the Museo Internazionale della Ceramica, Faenza and in the Museo del Bargello, Florence.