Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
LARGE VINTAGE ITALIAN ART POTTERY CERAMIC CENTERPIECE DISPLAY BOWL - HAND PAINTED WITH LEMON & LEAF PATTERNING
THIS PARTICULAR ITALIAN DESIGN OF ART POTTERY PATTERNING IS ALL DONE BY HAND AND HAS BECAME INTERNATIONALLY POPULAR, OFTEN KNOWN AS LIMONCELLO. THE ART POTTERY PIECES GENERALLY ORIGINATE FROM AMALFI AND ARE PRODUCED BY A VARIETY OF POTTERS/STUDIOS REFERRED TO AS AMALFI COAST CERAMICS. ONE OF THE MOST DEPICTED SYMBOLS ON HAND MADE AND PAINTED CERAMICS FROM THE AREA IS THE LEMON SINCE THESE HAVE BEEN CULTIVATED AND GROWN IN AMALFI FOR EXPORT SINCE THE 11th CENTURY. LIMONCELLO IS ALSO THE NAME OF AN ITALIAN LIQUEUR PRODUCED FROM LEMON ZEST IN SORRENTO, CAPRI AND THE AMALFI COAST
THIS ITEM IS A LARGE VINTAGE ITALIAN ART POTTERY CENTERPIECE DISPLAY BOWL ENTIRELY DECORATED WITH LEMONS, LEAVES AND WHITE BLOSSOMS BY HAND AND GLAZED. THE BOWL HAS AN EXTENDED RIM AND A REASONABLY DEEP WELL.
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE BOWL IS HAND SIGNED "BIDDY" UNDERNEATH
CONDITION : IN PERFECT CONDITION THE BOWL HAS NO CRAZING, CHIPS, CRACKS, PATTERN LOSS OR DAMAGES ETC
SIZE : 7.2cm HEIGHT OF RIM.....23.8cm DIAMETER OF BASE.....48.8cm DIAMETER OF RIM
APPROX 2.5kg
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