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A PAIR OF APOTHECARY JARS (ORCIOLI)

€ 12.000 / 18.000
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A PAIR OF APOTHECARY JARS (ORCIOLI)

MONTELUPO, C. 1620

Earthenware, covered with a rather shining creamy-white glaze and painted in cobalt blue, light blue, yellow, yellow-orange, copper green and manganese.

a) H. 37.5 cm, mouth diam. 12 cm, foot diam. 13 cm, handles width 43 cm;

b) H. 38.5 cm, mouth diam. 14 cm, foot diam. 13.5 cm, handles width 43 cm;

In a cartouche, inscription: a) MELVIOLATO; b) OSSIMEL.S.

Beneath a) base, number 405 [...] written in brush