A rare Portuguese faïence bottle or flask 2nd...
A rare Portuguese faïence bottle or flask 2nd half 17th century, of double gourd form, painted to one side with the head and shoulders profile portrait of a figure smoking a pipe, the reverse with a stag, flanked by flowering branches in shades of blue, green, yellow and manganese, some chipping to the rim, 16cm. Cf. Oriental Influence on 17th Century Portuguese Ceramics, p.75, fig. 24, C.17 for a similar shape.
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A rare Portuguese faïence bottle or flask 2nd half 17th century, of double gourd form, painted to one side with the head and shoulders profile portrait of a figure smoking a pipe, the reverse with a stag, flanked by flowering branches in shades of blue, green, yellow and manganese, some chipping to the rim, 16cm. Cf. Oriental Influence on 17th Century Portuguese Ceramics, p.75, fig. 24, C.17 for a similar shape.
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