Collection

1720 BACCHUS AND ARIADNE

CARMINE GENTILI, CASTELLI, 1720 CIRCA
Large polychrome majolica baluster vase decorated with the scene Bacchus and Ariadne on the island of Naxos among satyrs and bacchantes, from the model of Antoine Coypel, above female masks amid cupids and garlands, on the foot virile nudes.
41×23.50 cm.
Restoration to rim, missing cover.Provenance:Sotheby’s Milan June 1999 lot 386;Private collection, Milan.