{"id":113,"date":"2008-05-03T16:13:12","date_gmt":"2008-05-03T14:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatsarte.com\/blog\/highlights\/an-awesome-antique-piece-of-tuscan-pottery%e2%80%a6-and-i-won-it\/"},"modified":"2008-05-07T18:38:03","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T16:38:03","slug":"tuscan-pottery-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/highlights\/tuscan-pottery-won\/","title":{"rendered":"I won an awesome piece of antique Tuscan pottery!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/arletizweb1.jpg\" title=\"Tuscan ceramics - Arlecchino wall plate from Montelupo \"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/arletizweb1.jpg\" title=\"Tuscan ceramics - Arlecchino wall plate from Montelupo \" alt=\"Tuscan ceramics - Arlecchino wall plate from Montelupo \" align=\"left\" height=\"155\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"155\" \/><\/a>I still cannot believe it\u2019s mine. But it\u2019s here, on MY desk, in MY studio. It\u2019s a real, authentic Arlecchino from Montelupo and a most beautiful one. A splendid piece of Tuscan ceramics, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>There is this tiny Auction House not far from my place. I like to go there and have a look when they exhibit their pieces prior to an auction. I always find some little treasures buried among old furs and very expensive antique paintings.<\/p>\n<p>Last time I went there I could not believe my eyes. The Arlecchino grabbed my attention and wouldn\u2019t let it go. I HAD to try and place a bid, although I didn\u2019t really hope I would be able to get it. I did instead!<\/p>\n<p>I love Tuscan ceramics. They are so colorful, warm, \u201csunny\u201d in a way.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/arletizweb2.jpg\" title=\"Tuscan ceramics - Arlecchino wall plate from Montelupo - Detail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/arletizweb2.jpg\" title=\"Tuscan ceramics - Arlecchino wall plate from Montelupo - Detail\" alt=\"Tuscan ceramics - Arlecchino wall plate from Montelupo - Detail\" align=\"right\" height=\"169\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" width=\"122\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI didn\u2019t own antique pieces, though. It\u2019s great to start with an Arlecchino.<\/p>\n<p>As it happens, I recently wrote an article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/history-italian-ceramics\/montelupo-history-italian-ceramics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arlecchini from Montelupo and their role in the history<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/history-italian-ceramics\/montelupo-history-italian-ceramics\/\" target=\"_blank\"> of Tuscan pottery<\/a>. It brought me good luck.<br \/>\nI will think very carefully about my next subject for an article. Who knows what might happen\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still cannot believe it\u2019s mine. But it\u2019s here, on MY desk, in MY studio. It\u2019s a real, authentic Arlecchino from Montelupo and a most beautiful one. A splendid piece of Tuscan ceramics, indeed. There is this tiny Auction House not far from my place. I like to go there and have a look when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I won an awesome piece of antique Tuscan pottery!!! - thatsArte.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thatsarte.com\/blog\/highlights\/tuscan-pottery-won\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I won an awesome piece of antique Tuscan pottery!!! - thatsArte.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I still cannot believe it\u2019s mine. 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