PERHAPS GIACOMO MANCINI WORKSHOP (CALLED “EL FRATE”) ITALIAN, DERUTA, CIRCA 1520-1540
A ewer stand
No reserve
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7,000 - 10,000 EUR
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Description
Painted at the centre with a profile bust of a young woman within a roundel and a decoration of scrolls of fruits and flowers, the reverse marked with a crossed “M”
Tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
33.3cm. diameter, 13⅛in.
Christie's London, 30 March 1987, lot 252;
Where acquired.
A similarly decorated stand with a crossed “M” mark on the reverse is illustrated by C. Fiocco and G. Gherardi in La ceramica di Deruta, Perugia, 1994, no.46, p.176.
The crossed M mark found on the reverse of some Deruta maiolica appears on pieces painted by various artists, in other words, the mark is not linked to a single painter. The crossed M may certainly indicate manufacture in one of the workshops belonging to members of the Mancini family (see Wilson, op. cit., 2018, pp. 80-2, with further reference).
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Fiocco and G. Gherardi, La ceramica di Deruta, Perugia, 1944, no. 46, p.176;
T. Wilson, The Golden Age of Italian Maiolica-Painting: Catalogue of a Private Collection, Turin, 2018, p. 80-82.
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