Lot 4
  • 4

A Faenza Maiolica Albarello, circa 1540

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • pottery
  • 35cm, 13 3/4 in high
attractively painted in colours with the bust profile of a woman above a drug label inscribed s.de.acetosa in gothic script against a ground of polychrome scrolling foliage.

Condition

sprayed over from top third of the reverse of the back, including some repainting but perhaps also some overspraying, rim crack, typical rim chips.
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