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Cover of a tazza
Tazza with cover
Tazza
Salt
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 544
The handle consists of a tree trunk terminated at the top by a winged dragon with a leonine face and at the bottom by a griffon-like being with ram’s horns. The spout emerges from the mouth of another horned creature, beneath which appears a Gothic-style Virgin and Child. The neck, ringed with tiny figures in niches, was originally closed with a screw top. The patterns adorning the body relate to bookbindings executed for Henri II (ruled 1547–59).
family of Ferdinand Chertier (by descent, belonged to his family for little over a century; belonged to his uncle in Henrichemont, in Berry, Sancerre; sold to Paris art dealer); dealer , Paris ; Charles Stein (by 1888–99; sale, Charles Stein collection, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, June 8–10, 1899, no. 12; to J. Pierpont Morgan for $49,000); J. Pierpont Morgan (until 1917; to MMA)