Asta Bidspirit | Large majolica vase, Ginori, 1890-1905

Large majolica vase, Ginori, 1890-1905 - globular in shape, painted in Raphaelesque style in polychrome on a white background, opposite to a composition formed by the Bacchic attributes of the jug, syringe and thyrsus. Two Bacchic mask-like handles included within a vine shoot, rendered in strong relief and with a marked physiognomic characterization; high neck with reverse opening; circular base, underglaze blue Ginori mark surmounted by crown with numeral 460-1090 2, cm. 73.5.See: for a vase identical to ours, signed Urbano Lucchesi, see L.Frescobaldi Malenchini, O.Rucellai (ed.), The Risorgimento of Italian majolica: Ginori and Cantagalli, exhibition catalogue, Florence, Stibbert Museum, 30 September 2011-15 April 2012, pp. 294-295, sch. 84