338
339339 Two-handled "Oak-Leaf" Drug Jar
(qrciuolo biansato)
Florence, circa 1431
Tin-glazed earthenware
Painted with a copper green and manganese
purple crutch on each handle and marked
with a six-pointed asterisk surrounded by
dots below each handle.
Height: 9% in. (25 cm); Diameter (at lip):
4% in. (12.5 cm); Maximum Width: 9V8 in.
(24.5 cm)
Accession number 84 .DE.98
PROVENANCE
Sir Thomas Ingilby, Bt., North Yorkshire
(offered for sale, Sotheby's, London, July 2,
1974, lot 261, withdrawn) (sold, Sotheby's,
London, April 14,1981, lot 13); [Rainer
Zietz, Ltd., London].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Cuadrado, "Prized Pottery Triumphs
of the Italian Renaissance," Architectural
Digest 41 (February 1984), p. 127; "Acquisi
tions/1984," GettyMusJ 13 (1985), no. 158,
p. 240, illus.; Handbook 1986, p. 182, illus.;
Hess, Maiolica, no. 8, pp. 31-33.- Two-handled Jar (prciuolo biansato)
Florence, circa 1432-1450
Tin-glazed earthenware
Marked below each handle with a six-
pointed asterisk surrounded by dots.
Height: 6Yz in. (16.5 cm); Diameter (at lip):
4 /8 in. (10.5 cm); Maximum Width: 7 in.
(17.8 cm)
Accession number 85 .DE.58
PROVENANCE
Stefano Bardini, Florence; Elie Vblpi,
Florence (sold, Jandolo and Tavazzi, Rome,
April 25-May 3,1910, lot 777); (sold,
Lempertz, Cologne, May 6,1953, lot 414);
Dr. Bak, New York; (sold, Sotheby's, New
York, December 7,1965, lot 15); August
Lederer, Vienna; Erich Lederer, Geneva.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Galeazzo Cora, Storia delU maiolica di
Firenze e del contado del XIV e del XV secσlo
(Florence, 1973), vol. 1, p. 80; vol. 2,
fig. 107b; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ 14
(1986), no. 212, p. 251, illus.; Hess, Maiolica,
no. 9, pp. 34-35.340ITALIAN CERAMICS I99