Auction 409 | OLD MASTERS & XIX CENTURY ART Traditional
Lot 160
Manifattura Felice Clerici, Milano, 1760-1780
A maiolica plate painted with low-fire colors, mixtilinear edge outlined in brown, centered by the figure of Harlequin in a landscape, between two trees, a bird and an insect
Provenance: Besner-Decca collection, Piacenza.
Literature: S. Levy, "Le maioliche di Milano del XVIII secolo", Görlich edit., 1980, plate 43 (B).
Comparative literature: G. Gregorietti (curated by), "Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia", exhibition catalogue, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan 1964, n°305, 306, 307, 310.
This plate belongs to the so-called "villages and enamel figures" serie characteristic of the Milanese workshop of Felice Clerici, specifically to the production dedicated to the characters of the Commedia dell'Arte, for which see for comparison other examples of the same typology in G. Gregorietti (curated by), "Maioliche di Lodi, Milano e Pavia", exhibition catalogue, Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan 1964, n°305, 306, 307, 310.
Measures: 2.0 x 20.0 x 20.0 cm
Starting price: € 500,00
Estimate: € 1.000,00 - 2.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 14 June starting from 14:00.
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