circa 1540 Probably from the Workshop of the Fontana (Durantino) family, the cylindrical body separated from the rounded shoulder and base by narrow hoops picked out in yellow, similar yellow lines around the neck and spreading footrim, painted with a continuous scene representing the story of Diana and Endymion, the Goddess and six handmaidens bathing naked in a stream, among rocks and trees, the lonely figure of Endymion seated on top of a nearby hill, looking into the distance, the landscape on the reverse including a distant town viewed through further trees, the interior mounted with a later copper reservoir, 28cm high (repair to a small section of the footrim, some chips to the moulded yellow bands repainted)
circa 1540 Probably from the Workshop of the Fontana (Durantino) family, the cylindrical body separated from the rounded shoulder and base by narrow hoops picked out in yellow, similar yellow lines around the neck and spreading footrim, painted with a continuous scene representing the story of Diana and Endymion, the Goddess and six handmaidens bathing naked in a stream, among rocks and trees, the lonely figure of Endymion seated on top of a nearby hill, looking into the distance, the landscape on the reverse including a distant town viewed through further trees, the interior mounted with a later copper reservoir, 28cm high (repair to a small section of the footrim, some chips to the moulded yellow bands repainted)
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