A PAIR OF URBANIA MAIOLICA TWO-HANDLED OVIFORM VASES CIRCA 1670

Each with winged caryatid terminals and snake handles suspending garlands of fruits, the first painted in polychrome with the Virgin and Child surrounded by musicians, the domed foot inscribed GLORIA IN EXCE, the reverse painted in blue with Christ amongst clouds, the foot inscribed MIAVRESVRG, the second painted in polychrome with the martyrdom of Christ, the foot inscribed DIVI BARTHOLO MAEI MARTVRIVM, the reverse in blue with the Pietà, the foot inscribed MORTEM NOSTRA MORIENDO DESTRV
Each: 32 in. (81 cm.) high

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 30 September 2014, lot 240.