TOMASSO: The More a Thing is Perfect
TOMASSO: The More a Thing is Perfect
Three Italian maiolica albarelli, Venice and Faenza, 16th century
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April 29, 01:34 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Three Italian maiolica albarelli, Venice and Faenza, 16th century
each painted in blue with stylised foliage, reserved with a named banner cartouche inscribed in gothic script
the first: 17.8cm high, 13cm wide, the second: 19.5cm high, 14cm wide, the third: 17cm high, 14.5cm wide
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See Dora Thornton and Timothy Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 2009, Vol. I, cat. no. 59 for a related jar.