A CASTELLI ISTORIATO PLATE
18th century, attributed to Liborio Grue
Painted on a white ground in shades of yellow, blue, green and manganese with a pearl fisherman showing his catch to his family, the rim with putti supporting and climbing on fruited garlands within manganese and yellow line borders
12in. (30.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
Earl of Roseberry, 'Mentmore', Buckinghamshire, Sotheby and Co. Mentore, Vol. 3, 24 May 1977, lot 2231
With Bernheimer, Munich
The Arthur M. Sackler Collections, no. 79.6.29, Christie's New York, 1 June 1994, lot 46
Lot Essay
Sold with thermoluminescence certificate 381u85 dated May 1986 from the Research Laboratory for Archeology and the History of Art.