Milk jug from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Ginori Manufactory, Doccia (Florence), 2nd half of the 19th century. Polychrome and gold painted porcelain.
The milk jug, with a sinuous handle culminating in the head of a fantastic animal, features a composition dominated by The Chariot of the Sun (or Allegory of the Sky).
cm 11.5 x 8.5 x 7.5
