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A ‘gran fuoco’ ‘Bianco di Faenza’ tin-glazed earthenware majolica salt cellar

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Date Faenza 1560 circa

Period 1550-1600

Medium Earthenware, porcelain

Dimension 11.5 x 20 x 11 cm (4¹/₂ x 7⁷/₈ x 4³/₈ inches)

A ‘gran fuoco’ ‘Bianco di Faenza’ tin-glazed earthenware majolica salt cellar, moulded with ram head terminals and scrolls, decorated in the so-called compendiary style, the rim painted with flowers in blue, yellow and orange. Firing hole under the base. Faenza, Italy, ca. 1560.

Date: Faenza 1560 circa

Period: 1550-1600

Medium: Earthenware, porcelain

Dimension: 11.5 x 20 x 11 cm (4¹/₂ x 7⁷/₈ x 4³/₈ inches)

Provenance: Italian collection

Literature: • C. Ravanelli Guidotti, Bianchi di Faenza, Ferrara, 1996, p.262.
• J. Giacomotti, Catalog des majoliques des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1974, no. 1178, p.400.

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