PAIR OF MAIOLICA ALBARELLI Venice, circa 1575. In the style of Domenico da Venezia.

PAIR OF MAIOLICA ALBARELLI

Venice, circa 1575. In the style of Domenico da Venezia.
Cylindrical form with waisted foot and everted lip. The fronts depicting two saints within oval medallions, probably Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Francis of Assisi. Vegetal scrollwork decoration with a rosette on the reverse, painted in orange-red, yellow, blue (partly blurred) and green.
H 18 cm, Ø 12.5 cm.
Restored by the Musée Ariana in Geneva in 1996. Supplements. 1 albarello with chips on the base. Small dent.