Live Auction 5068Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers, Oak Furniture, Works of Art, Arts & Crafts and Old Master Paintings
A SICILIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLO
Lot 446

A SICILIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLO

FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY, TRAPANI

Closed8 March 2011

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GBP 2,500

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A SICILIAN MAIOLICA ALBARELLO
FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY, TRAPANI
Of slightly waisted cylindrical form, the body painted with vertical scrolling ribbons entwined with an ochre band alternating with stylized leaves, between blue concentic line bands
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

See Bernard Rackham, The Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London, 1977, vol. II, pl. 165, cat. no. 1021 and Rudolf E.A. Drey, Apothecary Jars, London 1978, p. 68, pl. 29A for related albarelli