Lot 11
ITALIAN MAIOLICA JAR
VENICE, CIRCA 1565, PROBABLY WORKSHOP OF DOMENEGO DA VENEZIA
Auction: 26 June 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
the globular body with a short narrow neck and flat unglazed base, painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, brown, purple, black and white, on each side an oval panel enriched with scrolls, on one side the three quarters profile of a woman in contemporary costume, her hair tied in a coif, on the other, in profile, the bust of a bearded man, both heads with characteristic white halos delineated by radiating orange and white streaks on the yellow and white ground, both panels on a dark blue ground incised with curved strokes and enriched with foliage and flower heads
Dimensions
29.5cm diam, 29cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Property of a Gentleman of Title
In the collection of the family of the present owners since the late 19th / early 20th century. Entries in the family archives suggest that maiolica was acquired between 1894 and 1916 from three different sources: from G. Donaldson in 1894 (with two items bought from the Spitzer Collection) in 1896 and in 1897; from H.A. Peto in 1899 and from S.M. Crossley in 1908 and in November 1916.
Note:
For a similar Venetian jar in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge see Julia Poole, Italian Maiolica and incised slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, 1995, cat. 449, p.419 and in the Willliam A. Clark Collection see W. Watson, Italian Renaissance Maiolica from the Willam A. Clark Collection, p.186, cat.120, Scala 1986