A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
CIRCA 1560-70
Painted in blue, ochre, yellow and grey with a portrait of a helmeted soldier within an ochre medallion issuing elaborate scrolls, the reverse with a portrait of a Saint within a similar medallion, reserved on a blue ground painted with stylised flowerheads, leaves, acanthus scrolls and highlighted with white sgraffito scrollwork (hairline crack from footrim, minor chipping to rims)
13 in. (33 cm.) high
A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
CIRCA 1560-70
Painted in blue, ochre, yellow and grey with a portrait of a helmeted soldier within an ochre medallion issuing elaborate scrolls, the reverse with a portrait of a Saint within a similar medallion, reserved on a blue ground painted with stylised flowerheads, leaves, acanthus scrolls and highlighted with white sgraffito scrollwork (hairline crack from footrim, minor chipping to rims)
13 in. (33 cm.) high
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