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Urn Planter Flower Majolica Renaissance Italian Roman Charity Cimon Pero
About the Item
- This stunning, massive, flower vase is a wonderful statement and conversation piece.
- It is beautifully thrown and painted by one of Italy's leading family potteries.
- Roman Charity is history’s most altruistic legend of honoring your parent.
- Versatile and looks fabulous, whether filled with flowers or plants or not, in any spot, the fireplace, in a corner, on a table.
A large Italian Faïence majolica two-handled jar decorated by D. Leoncini, with a depiction Roman Charity in which Pero who secretly breastfeeds her father Cimon who was starving to death in prison.
The selfless devotion of Pero to nourish her father Cimon at her own breast is called “Roman Charity”. The kindness of Pero towards her starving father in prison depicts one of the Corporal works of mercy — “To feed the hungry.” Corporal works of mercy are given by Jesus in Chapter 25 of the Gospel of Matthew. This story of Pero and Cimon is registered in Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium by an ancient Roman historian Valerius Maximus. It is believed in the Romans that this story is related to the mythological story of Juno’s breastfeeding of the adult Hercules. Throughout time paintings, writings, novel and more recently movies have depicted Roman Charity in one form or another. The wall frescoes and paintings excavated from Pompeii revealed the visual representations of Pero and Cimon and artists such as Carravagio & Rubens also popularized this visual language.
One of the most important families in the medieval town of San Gimignano, the pottery of Leoncini has for generations practiced with the wisdom and expertise of the old ceramic masters recreating ancient designs with skill, great care and ability.
Provenance: Private Collection, by descent, acquired on a Grand Tour of Italy
Measures: Height 38cm
Diameter 55cm.
- Dimensions:Height: 14.97 in (38 cm)Diameter: 21.66 in (55 cm)
- Style:Renaissance Revival (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1960
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:BUNGAY, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU3867321867812
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