PYRAMIDAL MODELLED INK-STAND WITH SLOPING PLANES JOINED AT THE CORNERS BY DOLPHINS AND WINGED MONSTERS (HARPIES?), AND A BASE SUPPORTED BY FOUR LION'S PAWS

Height, 50 cm., side of the base 32 x 28 cm.
Majolica.
Faenza, mid-17th century.
Provenance: acquisition (1970).
Condition: chipping in the glaze, and extensive repairs of the antiquarian type.
Inv. no. 16664.

The lower part consists of closed walls with molding and has an opening originally meant to hold pens and the ink container. The upper portions are lightened by small balusters, and at the top, between four obelisks, is a horse with its front legs resting a top a shield bearing the Medici coat of arms (painted in lacquer).