An Italian earthenware vase of ovoid, tapering form rising to a flared rim. The vessel features a terracotta-coloured ground decorated with hand-painted animal figures including a cream-coloured lion? with a blue mane and a black spotted creature?, set amongst stylized green and yellow floral motifs. The decoration is executed with raised slip-trailing and sgraffito-style outlines. The neck is embellished with a band of blue and terracotta geometric triangles, above a scrolling brown foliate pattern on a buff ground. The interior shows a yellowish glazed finish. The base features several incised marks in the wet clay, including the numbers 209/h, the word Montelupo, the country of origin ITALIA, and the characters RF.
Height: 23 cm.
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