A Sciacca maiolica jar (bombola), early 17th century
Painted with a profile bust portrait of a young lady, her hair tied with coloured bands, looking towards a vertical blank label, within a fruiting wreath flanked by foliate scrollwork against a yellow ground, above a drug label inscribed 'czucaro violato', the reverse with scrolling foliage and lemons, all between blue dash and blue and yellow borders to the rims, 25cm high (rim chips)
Sold for
£7,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- The drug label refers to a preparation of sugared violets.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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