18th century Italian earthenware bottle, possibly Sicily (Sciacca). Of globular shape with a high molded neck, decorated on a blue monochrome face with the head of a crowned faun, small chips at the neck, ginning.

18th century Italian earthenware bottle, possibly Sicily (Sciacca). Of globular shape with a high molded neck, decorated on a blue monochrome face with the head of a crowned faun, small chips at the neck, ginning.
H: 25 cm
For an illustration of a tile with a portrait bust in the same spirit, kept in a private collection in Palermo, see Antonello
Governale, Ricerche sulla Maiolica Italiana, Palermo, 1999, p. 103. Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.