The Manny Davidson Collection: A Life in Treasures and Benevolence - Online Sale

Italian, Montelupo, first half of 17th century

A pharmacy drug-jar

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Estimate

800 - 1,200 EUR

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Description

Painted with scrolling leaves a girali fogliati and centered by an oval with a saint-monk, inscribed in manganese Sy° · ACETOSO DI SR · CE (Syrup of vinegar)

Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

15cm. high, 5⅞in.

F. Berti, (op. cit., 2010, p.157) dates a similar example in the Faenza Museum, with a Montelupo workshop mark, to 1610-1630.

RELATED LITERATURE

F. Berti, La farmacia Storica Fiorentina, 2010, p. 157;

F. Berti, Storia della ceramica di Montelupo, Vol. III, Milan, 1999, figs. 56-60, pp.154, 155; figs. 176-177, p. 307;

G. C. Bojani, C. Ravanelli Guidotti, A. Fanfani, La donazione Galeazzo Cora, Vol. I, Milan, 1985, no.663, p. 259.

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