Property from a European Collection
Italian, probably Deruta, circa 1520-60
Dish with Broad Border
Auction Closed
February 2, 05:19 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Collection
Italian, probably Deruta, circa 1520-60
Dish with Broad Border
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
diameter: 11 ⅞ in.; 30.3 cm.
decorated with bianco sopra bianco, the reverse with an old collector's label and 35-1972. .35.1972 written in ink
Unknown Sale, 1972, lot 35 (noted in ink on reverse).
This elegant decoration called bianco sopra bianco was produced widely in Faenza, Le Marche and Umbria for much of the 16th century. However, it is likely that this particularly fine dish was made in Deruta.
RELATED LITERATURE
C. Fiocco and G. Gherardi, Ceramiche umbre dal Medioevo allo Storicismo parte prima (MICF catalogue, V, part 1), 1988, nos. 210 (dated 1559) and 211.