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An Italian maiolica bianco-sopra-bianco istoriato large dish, circa 1540, Urbino or Casteldurante

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October 11, 05:25 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 70,000 EUR

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An Italian maiolica bianco-sopra-bianco istoriato large dish, circa 1540, Urbino or Casteldurante


painted to the centre with an istoriato scene of Venus and Cupid within a broad grey-ground border, the central roundels radiating a quartiere petal-shaped panels decorated in bianco-sopra-bianco with scrolling leaves, the rim with a band of meandering foliage around a narrow band

diameter 17⅓in.; 44,7 cm.

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Grand plat en majolique blanche "a istoriato", Urbino ou Casteldurante, vers 1540


diameter 17⅓in.; 44,7 cm.

Collection J.G.R, Strasburg;

Christie's Milan, 08 June 2004, lot 439;

Sotheby's London, 03 July 2013, lot 3.

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Collection J.G.R, Strasburg;

Christie's Milan, 08 juin 2004, lot 439;

Sotheby's Londres, 03 juillet 2013, lot 3.

For a related armorial dish see D. Thornton & T. Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics A catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 2009, Vol. I, pp. 337-8, no. 223.

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