Lot 161 , An Italian maiolica spice or ointment container, Orvieto, 13th-15th century, W. 11.3cm

An Italian maiolica spice or ointment container, Orvieto, 13th-15th century, of octafoil shape, decorated in ' famiglia verde' with stylised leaf motifs, W. 11.3cm
Estimate £200-300

cf. similar Orvieto maiolica wares in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.

The container has heavy wear to the glaze around each of the circular recepticals with some crazing to the glaze on top and within each of the cylinders, there are also numerous glaze chips and losses around the edges of each of the cylinders and some discolouration to the base, there is an ark shaped firing crack underneath the base with mirrors the cylindrical construction of the central section.


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Sold for £280