Oak-leaf jars; a fifteenth century Italian ware showing Moresco influence (1903)
Wallis, Henry, 1830-1916 · London, B. Quaritch · leaf 117
ra (no. 544). Thatthe artist of the miniature omitted this detail may have arisen fromthe small scale of the subjects, otherwise the representation (settingaside its unscientific perspective) is remarkably truthful, admirablyrendering the shape of the vases and the character of their blue-and-white… … Fio. 63.--FRAGMENT. Mezzamaiolica. White body. The ornamentoutlined in black and painted in cobalt and turquoise-blue. (The sameware as the well-known large jars at South Kensington and otherMuseums.) H. 215 mm. M. Raymond Koechlin. APPENDIX. 73
Majolica · Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms · Decoration and ornament, Islamic · Pottery -- Italy
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