Vase in majolica of Urbino with decoration in blue and white circa 1565

Baluster vase with two handles and masks of grotesques in majolica, decoration in blue monochrome heightened by white of architectures and chapels on a background of lake and mountain landscape.
Urbino, Fontana workshop, circa 1565-1570, 16th century

Height : 33,5 cm.
Crack at the neck visible and a piece of handle restored.
Cf. for a catch with a similar grotesque mask, Carmen Ravanelli Guidotti, Maioliche Italiane della Collezione Chigi Saracini,
exhibition in Siena at Palazzo Chigi Saracini, 1992, Catalogue n°146 p. 119.