Maiolica Double Ended Eye Vessel

Sold. Now in private collection.

14" height

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Pottery items shown here are all one-of-a-kind items hand crafted and signed by Ricky of Luna Parc.  Once an item is sold, there will never be another identical to it.

This piece was made by Ricky in Deruta, Italy.  The technique is called Maiolica.  During the winter of 2004, Ricky spent 7 weeks studying at the Scuola d'arte Ceramica under the tutelage of Romano Ranieri.

Posterior View of Maiolica Vessel
with Caricature

Archaic Maiolica
The term maiolica is used to indicate the first ceramic ware produced in Italy. Normally produced with a coating of white glaze and originally decorated with only two colors, brown derived from manganese and green from copper. Later, blue derived from cobalt and other colors such as yellows and reds were derived from antimony, lead, and iron oxides.
The production of maiolica was widespread throughout north central Italy from about the middle of the 13th century to its heyday in the first half of the 15th century. Production continues in the provinces of Umbria and Tuscany as well as other regions of Italy.