Ceramics




AN ITALIAN GILT METAL-MOUNTED MAIOLICA TWO-HANDLED PILGRIM-FLASK AND COVER, URBINO, PROBABLY PATANAZZI WORKSHOP
Circa 1580
Maiolica, Urbino, probably Patanazzi workshop
H 31 x l 25 cm • Base: 13 cm
Provenance
Baron Édouard de Rothschild (1868-1949)
Spoliated under the direction of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg during the Occupation of France, after May 1940, and transferred to the Jeu de Paume (ERR no. R 4081)
Recovered by the Allies, returned to France on 9 January 1946 and restituted