Provenance

Casa Murata

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Blue floral patterns adorn this bulb-shaped white flask made of imitation porcelain. The round opening at the top of the flask has a low lip. The rounded vessel tapers from wide shoulders to a narrower flared foot at the bottom. There are two handles on either side of the top opening and a short spout near the rim directly between them. The rim is decorated with dots set within squares, and the handles are painted with blue stripes.
Medici Porcelain Factory, Flask, c. 1575/1587, or slightly later, imitation porcelain (a version of soft-paste porcelain), Widener Collection, 1942.9.354

Flask

Medici Porcelain Factory · c. 1575/1587, or slightly later · imitation porcelain (a version of soft-paste porcelain) ·  Accession ID  1942.9.354

Bibliography

1882

  • Davillier, Jean Charles. Les origines de la porcelaine en Europe. Paris and London, 1882: 116-117, no. 32.