A LARGE DOCUMENTARY ISTORIATO COVERED CUP CASTELLI, DATED 1747, BY CARMINE GENTILI Painted on a white ground in shades of yellow, green, blue, manganese and ochre, the domed cover and knop finial with angels cavorting in the sky, the slightly flaring neck with The Adoration, the stem and flaring foot with winged putti sitting on pedestals within a bower of flowers, one playing a violin, the other a lute, signed GENTILI P. 1747 , the underside inscribed in red with Sackler number 79.6.23B , the flange of the cover inscribed 79.6.23A (restorations, test drill holes to flange of cover and to footrim)-- 24 1/8in. (61.2cm.) high
A LARGE DOCUMENTARY ISTORIATO COVERED CUP CASTELLI, DATED 1747, BY CARMINE GENTILI Painted on a white ground in shades of yellow, green, blue, manganese and ochre, the domed cover and knop finial with angels cavorting in the sky, the slightly flaring neck with The Adoration, the stem and flaring foot with winged putti sitting on pedestals within a bower of flowers, one playing a violin, the other a lute, signed GENTILI P. 1747 , the underside inscribed in red with Sackler number 79.6.23B , the flange of the cover inscribed 79.6.23A (restorations, test drill holes to flange of cover and to footrim)-- 24 1/8in. (61.2cm.) high
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