ANCIENT CERAMICS

Italy, Late XVIII Century

Plate in polychrome majolica, podded body and lobed edge. Architectures in manganese cable, surrounded by foliage in shades of ocher, cobalt and ramin.

Italy, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Gallant couple in white Capodimonte porcelain. Great quality in plastic rendering. Under the base the manufacturer's brand.

Northern Europe, First Half XX Century

Tureen and plate decorated in polychrome with hunting scenes and oriental-style gold motifs. Wavy edge.

Italy, Late XIX - Early XX Century

Majolica plate decorated in calligraphic style in shades of manganese, ocher and green. Under the base the manufacturer's brand.

Italy, Mid XVIII Century

Estense majolica plate with wavy edge and floral decoration in the hollow. Flowers also scattered across the brim, a sinuous line runs along the edge of the plate. Possible attribution to the workshop of Gian Maria Dallari.

France, Second Half XIX Century

Majolica cake stand decorated with all-over polychrome flowers. The splashback has a wavy edge surrounded by a dentil motif.

Italy, 1920s-1930s

Laveno porcelain tray with polychrome floral motif decoration in the center of the cavetto. Slightly worn gold edge profile. Under the base the manufacturer's brand.

Italy, 1930s

Group of three putti in white Capodimonte porcelain. Under the bases the manufacturing brand.

Northern Italy, Early XIX Century

Majolica bowl decorated in monochrome green in calligraphic style with landscapes, trees, birds and stylized characters.

Italy Late XIX Century

Sculptural group in polychrome Capodimonte porcelain depicting a pair of putti with a basket of fruit. Manufacture mark on the base.

Germany, Late XIX - Early XX Century

White porcelain sculptural group depicting a gallant couple with cage and birds. Under the base the manufacturer's brand.

Europe, Late XIX - Early XX Century

Pair of oriental-style porcelain bottles with rich gold decoration, plant motifs and landscapes inside reserves.

Italy, 1970s

Pair of ceramic busts of Roman Emperors resting on ceramic columns, produced by Tommaso Barbi in the 1970s. Columns with hexagonal base in white glazed ceramic adorned with gold profiles, shaft imitating red breccia marble; busts portraying the emperors Hadrian and a young Octavian, both taken from a pair of busts preserved in the Uffizi in Florence. Faces and bases in terracotta, clothing in white glazed ceramic with cloak to recall the marble of the shaft. Columns marked "b ceramiche per Tommaso Barb. made in Italy" under the base.

Italy, Late XIX-Early XX Century

Plaster bas-relief depicting Jesus with children presented in a golden tablet frame.

Italy, XX Century

Large terracotta eagle.

Italy 20th century

Pair of Neoclassical style porcelain lamps with winged figure. Gilding present only on one lamp. Under the brand base of the manufacture.

Middle East 19th Century

Inkwell in glazed earthenware, of Middle Eastern production with reservoir and three openings for inserting writing instruments. Decorated with vertical segments to simulate bands of tree trunks tied together.

Europe 1820-1830 ca.

Porcelain sugar bowl with saucer of European manufacture, possibly France. The gold decoration and the oriental figures in the reserves recall the Neapolitan manufacture of Raffaele Giovine.

Germany, Mid XIX Century

Two porcelain figurines depicting a girl and a winged figure. Under the brand foundations of the manufacture.

England Late 19th Century

Porcelain figurine with polychrome decoration depicting the allegory of Avarice. Maker's mark under the base.