Lot n° 36
Estimation :
1500 - 2000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 11 592EUR
16th-century Urbino majolica bowl - Lot 36
16th-century Urbino majolica bowl
Inscribed on the reverse in blue Cadmo "che" "ucife" / il serpente al fonte, label for 448 / Dining room / Urbino, I 9
Resting on a pedestal, with full polychrome decoration depicting a battle scene with a dragon, ochre fillet on the rim, restoration on the rim, two chips, chips.
D. 27 cm
Provenance :
Former Henri Blay collection (1861-1920).
Cadmos, founder and first king of Thebes, killed the dragon guarding the spring around which the city was founded. The Spartans were born from the dragon's teeth, and helped him build the city.
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