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17th December 2011 contents News
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sale as well busy phone lines and internet bidding. This is a record price for a piece of ceramic to be sold in Scotland. The new owner wishes to remain anonymous.” The estimate was £100,000. The 16in (40cm) dish (that was broken
in two) appears to be one of a small group of large ‘istoriato’ plates decorated by Xanto in 1537 with scenes inspired by the Persian history. The front is decorated with a scene from the Life of Cyrus and shows Cyrus persuading the people of Persepolis to rise up against their Median rulers. The reverse of the plate is as revealing
as the front as it is fully inscribed by the artist and carries labels inscribed by previous owners of the plate. The three line inscription in Xanto’s hand can be translated as: Cyrus favoured sent from Persia / Takes his side against Astyages so he will show him / That that which heaven arranges comes together whatever it may be / Francesco Xanto from Rovigo. In the 2007 exhibition held at
London’s Wallace Collection devoted to Xanto, curator John Mallett described Xanto as “pottery-painter, poet, man of the Italian Renaissance.” Although nothing at all is known of his
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origins, his education, or his early years, archival evidence records Xanto working in Urbino in 1530 – the date of his earliest signed piece, a plate commemorating the coming New Year. Over the following five years he
produced a large body of work; each piece was signed in various manners, sometimes dated, and marked as a product of Urbino. Such consistency in signing his work
was unusual at the time; there is some suggestion that the artist was blacklisted after the labour troubles of 1530, and that his choice to sign his works might be in some way related to these difficulties.
Victor Chinnery
WE regret to announce the death of early English furniture expert Victor Chinnery. A former dealer in English oak, he later worked as a consultant on both furniture and buildings and will be remembered as the author of the influential Oak Furniture: The British Tradition, first published in 1979. The funeral will be held at 2.30pm
on Friday 16th December at The West Wiltshire Crematorium, Devizes Rd, Semington, Near Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14 6HL2. Those planning to attend are asked to contact Polly Legg via email at
polly.legg@onetel.net
Precious metals
On Friday, December 9, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton were paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of $1712.00 (€1281.34, £1094.48)
GOLD 22 carat – £939.11 per oz (£30.20 per gram) 18 carat – £768.37 (£24.71) 15 carat – £640.31 (£20.59) 14 carat – £597.62 (£19.22) 9 carat – £384.18 (£12.35)
HALLMARK PLATINUM £24.89 per gram
SILVER £16.55 per oz for 925 standard hallmarked news
Left: the reverse of the £325,000 dish shows both the damage and a three-line inscription in the artist’s hand: M.D.XXXVII. Ciro da persi favorito i[n]via/ L’Hoste suo co[n]tro a Astiage per mosteralli (mostrargli) / Che quell’ch’il ciel dispo[n] co[n] vie[n] che sia. / fra[n]: Xanto Rovigiefe.
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