Lot 180
  • 180

A Caltagirone maiolica vase

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Pottery, maiolica
the bulbous body painted with a head and shoulders profile portrait of a soldier, against a blue washed ground filled with green and yellow ochre flowers and foliage, 17.7cm., 7in. high; together with a small Sicilian maiolica waisted albarello painted with a head and shoulders portrait panel, 13.5cm., 5 1/4 in. high

Condition

Caltagirone vase- some typical glaze chips to rim. Albarello-three shallow chips to shoulder, the largest approx. 1cm. by 1cm. Two shallow rim chips, the largest, approx, 1.5cm . by 0.7cm. Minor typical glaze chips around foot.
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