A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
CIRCA 1560-70
Painted in ochre, yellow, blue and green with a portrait of a female Saint within an ochre oval medallion, reserved against a blue ground highlighted in white sgraffito and painted with trailing acanthus, fruits, acorns and flowerheads (filled hole to lower part, flaking to old restoration, hairline crack from footrim, some chipping to rims)
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
A VENICE OVIFORM JAR
CIRCA 1560-70
Painted in ochre, yellow, blue and green with a portrait of a female Saint within an ochre oval medallion, reserved against a blue ground highlighted in white sgraffito and painted with trailing acanthus, fruits, acorns and flowerheads (filled hole to lower part, flaking to old restoration, hairline crack from footrim, some chipping to rims)
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
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