Lot 32
A large 16th century Montelupo maiolica albarello, circa 1580-1600
Auction: 8 April 2009 at 11:30 BST
£2,750
Description
of shouldered cylindrical form, polychrome painted to the border with incised zig-zags on an orange ground and to the body with Persian palmettes within hexagonal panels
Dimensions
29.5cm high
Footnote
Literature:
See Fausto Berti, 'Storia della Cermica di Montelupo', Volume terzo - ceramiche da farmacia, pavimenti maiolicati e produzioni "minori", (Montelupo Fiorentino, 1999), p.285 cat.119, h 17.6)