An Italian maiolica storage jar, perhaps Calabrian, Gerace, circa 1615
An Italian maiolica storage jar, perhaps Calabrian, Gerace, circa 1615
painted with a portrait of a youth within a scrolling cartouche, the reverse with a panel named 'Mostarda', 'I A(?)',
32.5cm., 12 3/4 in. high
Provenance:
'Mostarda' was a sweet tangy preparation of fruits, combined with mustard and honey or sugar. The surviving jars labelled for Mostarda are mostly of this large size suggesting that it was consumed in large quantities in 16th century Italy.
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An Italian maiolica storage jar, perhaps Calabrian, Gerace, circa 1615
painted with a portrait of a youth within a scrolling cartouche, the reverse with a panel named 'Mostarda', 'I A(?)',
32.5cm., 12 3/4 in. high
Provenance:
'Mostarda' was a sweet tangy preparation of fruits, combined with mustard and honey or sugar. The surviving jars labelled for Mostarda are mostly of this large size suggesting that it was consumed in large quantities in 16th century Italy.
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