Ignazio Passanti
A very important and unique pair of late-Baroque Italian polychrome majolica two- light wall-sconces
Ignazio Passanti
A very important and unique pair of late-Baroque Italian polychrome majolica two- light wall-sconces
Date Faenza 1740
Period 1600-1750
Medium Earthenware, Polychrome-painted
Dimension 63.5 x 50 x 22 cm (25⁰/₁ x 19³/₄ x 8⁵/₈ inches)
Faenza, Ferniani Manufactory, c.1740
Possibly decorated by Nicolas Letourneau or Nicoló Raccagni.Painted in blue, yellow (giallo limone), iron red and green (verde fieno) with a central trellis panel on a motif of fruits motif and flower sprays, a radiating floral scrollwork enclosed by elaborate scrolling foliage, enclosing trellis panels, all within a border of continuous scrollwork, with a moulded shell cresting on top.
Date: Faenza 1740
Period: 1600-1750
Medium: Earthenware, Polychrome-painted
Signature: Ferniani Manufactory
Dimension: 63.5 x 50 x 22 cm (25⁰/₁ x 19³/₄ x 8⁵/₈ inches)
Provenance: Maria Antonia Gianetti, Milan, Via del Gesu’ 7, 1991.
Private European collection 2021.
Literature: C. Ravanelli Guidotti, La Fabbrica Ferniani, Milano, 2009.
Burzio
Decorative Arts, from Antiquities to XIX Century, focusing in particular on Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Textiles, Glass, Ceramics and Bronzes.
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