Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus

Perhaps workshop of Guido Durantino Italian

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During Renaissance feasts, cisterns were filled with cold water to chill fruit or bottles of wine. This example’s decoration with a seascape populated by revelers, aquatic creatures, and the youthful Bacchus (god of wine) in a chariot is well-suited to the cooler’s function. Sturdy paw feet kept the vessel stable when filled and relate to the leonine masks that form the handles.

Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus, Perhaps workshop of Guido Durantino (Italian, Urbino, active 1516–ca. 1576), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino

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Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus, Perhaps workshop of Guido Durantino (Italian, Urbino, active 1516–ca. 1576), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino
Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus, Perhaps workshop of Guido Durantino (Italian, Urbino, active 1516–ca. 1576), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino
Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus, Perhaps workshop of Guido Durantino (Italian, Urbino, active 1516–ca. 1576), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino
Wine cooler with A Marine Triumph of Bacchus, Perhaps workshop of Guido Durantino (Italian, Urbino, active 1516–ca. 1576), Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Italian, Urbino

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