Lot 2
ITALIAN MAIOLICA JAR
CIRCA 1565, PROBABLY WORKSHOP OF DOMENEGO DA VENEZIA
Auction: 5 March 2014 at 11:00 GMT
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 a circular panel enriched with scrolls; on one, three-quarters to left, the bust of a helmeted man, on the other, the bust of a man, three-quarters face, wearing a doublet and ruff; both heads have white halos made 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 flower heads
Dimensions
26.5cm diam, 26cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
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.418.