A DERUTA DISH with narrow flat rim, painted in blue, ochre, yellow and green, the raised central boss with a portrait of a lady in profile to the left with a ribbon inscribed GENTIA I within an a quartieri border of scale-pattern, flowers and scrolling foliage, the rim with stylised berries and foliage and the underside with concentric blue and yellow lines (rim pierced with two holes, minor chips and a small crack), circa 1525

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A DERUTA DISH with narrow flat rim, painted in blue, ochre, yellow and green, the raised central boss with a portrait of a lady in profile to the left with a ribbon inscribed GENTIA I within an a quartieri border of scale-pattern, flowers and scrolling foliage, the rim with stylised berries and foliage and the underside with concentric blue and yellow lines (rim pierced with two holes, minor chips and a small crack), circa 1525
32cm. diam.

Lot Essay

Cf. Dr. J. Chompret, Répertoire de la Majolique Italienne, Fig. 258; Jeanne Giacomotti, op. cit., nos 511 & 512 and Bernard Rackham, op. cit., pl. 65, no. 416 for similar examples

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