An Italian maiolica dated portrait crespina

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An Italian maiolica dated portrait crespina
painted to the centre with a profile bust of a man, facing right before a banner dated 1669, within a spirally fluted border painted with scale-ornament, enriched in yellow, ochre, blue and manganese -- 8¾in. (22.3cm.) diam., 1669, (minor chips and flakes)

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