Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1897)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 47
show the 28 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. reflets of the lustre by the variety of form on its em-bossed surfaces. This work is ascribed to the same artistwho executed the previous example. The tazza (Fig. 26), with the subject, The Stream ofLife, after Robetta, is one of Giorgios best figure pieces.Though not… … Fig. 25.—Vase in Copper-ruby Lustre; Gubbio. (S. K. M.) amongst if not the best of Giorgios work: for colour andrichness of lustre, and for clearness and perfection of theenamel glaze, they are the best works in Italian maiolicathat we possess. The date of both is probably 1525. A work by Giorgio…
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