Property from a European Collection
Italian, Deruta, circa 1535
Lustered Plate
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February 2, 05:19 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Property from a European Collection
Italian, Deruta, circa 1535
Lustered Plate
tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)
diameter: 16 in.; 40.6 cm.
with a sphinx, the reverse with old collectors' labels and the inventory number 147 written in red ink
Similarly large lustered dishes were produced in Deruta, most often showing a sphinx holding an armorial shield before them, one of example of which is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (inv. no. cz173.1910).1
1B. Rackham, Catalogue of Italian maiolica from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1940, vol. II, pl. 76, no. 487.