AN URBINO MAIOLICA LARGE OVAL ISTORIATO WINE-COOLER (RINFRESCATOIO)
CIRCA 1562, PROBABLY FONTANA WORKSHOP
AN URBINO MAIOLICA LARGE OVAL ISTORIATO WINE-COOLER (RINFRESCATOIO) CIRCA 1562, PROBABLY FONTANA WORKSHOP With an everted gadroon-moulded rim, on two mythological beasts supports issuing acanthus scrolls, each side moulded with a satyr mask, the interior painted with a scene of a chariot race after a drawing by Taddeo Zuccaro depicting five men racing chariots before a spina and an obelisk decorated with pseudo hieroglyphs and the Roman letters and numerals HI/XI, before a large crowd of spectators standing on a raised platform between columns, the broad border painted with grotteschi including fabulous beasts, griffins, winged figures and birds, with classical figures reserved within blue and green-ground medallions flanked by strapwork and mantling supporting further figures, the exterior similarly painted with bands of grotteschi , within gadroon-moulded bands, the gadroon-moulded underside with a central boss (replacement section to rim, areas of restoration and glaze chipping to mythological supports, acanthus and satyr masks) 28 3/8 in. (72 cm.) wide
AN URBINO MAIOLICA LARGE OVAL ISTORIATO WINE-COOLER (RINFRESCATOIO)
CIRCA 1562, PROBABLY FONTANA WORKSHOP
AN URBINO MAIOLICA LARGE OVAL ISTORIATO WINE-COOLER (RINFRESCATOIO) CIRCA 1562, PROBABLY FONTANA WORKSHOP With an everted gadroon-moulded rim, on two mythological beasts supports issuing acanthus scrolls, each side moulded with a satyr mask, the interior painted with a scene of a chariot race after a drawing by Taddeo Zuccaro depicting five men racing chariots before a spina and an obelisk decorated with pseudo hieroglyphs and the Roman letters and numerals HI/XI, before a large crowd of spectators standing on a raised platform between columns, the broad border painted with grotteschi including fabulous beasts, griffins, winged figures and birds, with classical figures reserved within blue and green-ground medallions flanked by strapwork and mantling supporting further figures, the exterior similarly painted with bands of grotteschi , within gadroon-moulded bands, the gadroon-moulded underside with a central boss (replacement section to rim, areas of restoration and glaze chipping to mythological supports, acanthus and satyr masks) 28 3/8 in. (72 cm.) wide
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