DERUTA, fin du XVème siècle Large cylindrical majolica albarello with two dragon-shaped handles, polychrome decoration on one side with the inscription AVE MARIA RAI in a banner surrounded by foliage in a rectangular frame and on the other side with a stylized flower; with rope in relief on the shoulder and the base. The neck decorated with a frieze of foliage. H.: 25.5 cm - W.: 31.5 cm. One handle replaced with a chip in one ear, the other handle with restorations to the dragon's ears and the tip of its mouth; two restored chips to the tip of the dragon's wings, a third restored on the neck; two areas of restoration on the neck, probably restored enamel chips; five restored enamel chips on the body. Bibliography: A comparable albarello by Deruta is preserved in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and reproduced by C. Fiocco, G. Gherardi, La ceramica di Deruta dal XIII al XVIII seculo, 1994, No 10, p. 148. Origin : E. Ader, A. Ader, J-L. Picard, J. Tajan, Collection of Dr J. CHOMPRET, Drouot Rive Gauche [Orsay station], room 13, December 15, 1976, n ° 27.