A rare Urbino istoriato albarello, probably from the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana)...

A rare Urbino istoriato albarello, probably from the workshop of Guido Durantino (Guido Fontana), circa 1540 The cylindrical body separated from the rounded shoulder and base by narrow hoops picked out in yellow, similar yellow lines around the neck and spreading footrim, painted with a continuous scene representing the story of Diana and Endymion, the Goddess and six handmaidens bathing naked in a stream, among rocks and trees, the lonely figure of Endymion seated on top of a nearby hill, looking into the distance, the landscape on the reverse including a distant town viewed through further trees, the interior mounted with a later copper reservoir, 28cm high (repair to a small section of the footrim, some chips to the moulded yellow bands repainted) Footnotes: Guido Durantino, originally from Castel Durante, was known to have run one of the largest maiolica workshops in Urbino employing many of the best painters in the city, especially for istoriato. By 1541 he and his son had adopted the surname 'Fontana'. For further details and further pieces attributed to the workshop, see T. Wilson, Maiolica, Italian Renaissance Ceramics in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2016), nos. 63, 67 and 68. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com