Lot 46
  • 46

A good Renaissance Maiolica Istoriata plate, so-called tondino, mid 16th century

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • diam. 26.3cm.
painted with a scene from the Old Testament with a camp of five tents, in the centre three seated men in conversation, the backside decorated with concentric bands in yellow on a cream-coloured ground, applied in the centre with a possibly 19th century reproduction of the composition and a cutting from an English catalogue describing the dish; the rim chipped and damaged in one place and restored with the original pieces