AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA DISH

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AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA DISH
MONTELUPO, MID 17TH CENTURY

Painted on the white ground in shades of blue, green, yellow, sepia and manganese against a ground of stripes and dots with a blackamoor astride a horse, the underside in manganese with concentric lines, loss of glaze to horse's haunch, man's chest and left calf, chip to underside of rim at 12 o'clock
12 1/4in. (31.2cm.) diam.