Late 20th Century Italian Faience Bacchanalian Covered Urn Attributed to Richard Ginori

Description

This Ginori covered urn is decorated in leaves, vines and grapes in low relief and ram’s heads as handles in … more This Ginori covered urn is decorated in leaves, vines and grapes in low relief and ram’s heads as handles in high relief. The finial handle consists of a clump of grapes The urn was fired in two pieces and then the halves were fused. There are some firing flaws present as detailed in the photographs. The crack at the base can be seen in the underside of the urn. The brown glaze on that side has run and shows as a faint drip.

Dimensions: 6.5” diameter of the body, 15” height with lid. 5” diameter of the lid, 11.75” height without lid. less