A CASTELLI MAIOLICA DATED RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

1758, INSCRIBED R. LA P1758 GENES:C(6)?

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A CASTELLI MAIOLICA DATED RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
1758, INSCRIBED R. La P1758 GENES:C(6)?
Painted with scantily draped classical figures singing and playing music before a table on a terrace before a parterre and a garlanded arcade, a village in a wooded mountainous landscape in the distance and a figure kneeling before God appearing from the clouds, within an ochre and black lined border, inscribed below Crevit in immensum munerum miserabile iugus/Illicitos iungens thalamos, ueritosque hÿmenaeos and Nullus honor, cultusque Dei pietasque remansit/Lustra tamen duodena D[u]as bis pertulit ista, slight chipping to rim
10 in. (25.5 cm.) x 13½ in. (34.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

The Latin inscriptions translate as follows 'The miserable yoke of duty has witnessed all/uniting illicit weddings, and respected bridals' and 'No honour, worship of God and piety remained, yet she [or it] has lasted twice two dozen lustra'.

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