Maximilian Pfeiler (active Rome, circa 1694-circa 1721 Budapest), A still life of an elaborate gilt ewer beside two glasses of wine and a carafe on a gilt dish with white roses, biscuits and a silver dish of fruit on a table draped with a blue cloth. Photo courtesy Bonhams.

oil on canvas; 74 x 61.9cm (29 1/8 x 24 3/8in). Estimation £15,000 - 20,000 (€18,000 - 24,000)

Although an identical gilt ewer was employed in a still life sold at Christie's as Christian Berentz, a very similar composition to the present work which also features the ewer in the Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome is signed with the monogram 'MP' and is clearly by Maximilian Pfeiler (see: La natura morta in Italia, Milan 1989, vol. II, no. 933, ill. p. 835.)

Bonhams. OLD MASTER PAINTINGS. London, New Bond Street. 4 Dec 2013 14:00 GMT - www.bonhams.com