Lot no. 206
LARGE XVIth CENTURY FAENZA MAJOLIC ALBARELLO, circa 1550-1560
Slightly arched in shape, with polychrome decoration of a portrait of a helmeted man in profile bust in a medallion on a yellow background surmounted by a phylactery bearing the inscription pharmaceutical SY° de Mica(..) framed by foliage scrolls and dolphins in compartments on a yellow, blue and ochre background a quarteri; some chips
H. 32 cm (15 ½ in.)
Provenance:
Sale in Paris, Mes Pescheteau-Badin, Godeau, Leroy, 24 March 1999, lot 206.
A large 16th century Faenza majolica albarello, circa 1550-1560
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Ceramics, pottery and earthenware
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