CIRCA 1520-1530

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A DERUTA MAIOLICA GOLD-LUSTRE 'BELLA DONNA' CHARGER
CIRCA 1520-1530
With a bust-length portrait of a maiden wearing a pearl necklace, a banner scrolling behind her head inscribed VIWo^SO SPIR ANDO EMOR R^O ^ RANEDO
15 in. (38.1 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hall, Jr., gift to The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1941.

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Lot Essay

For a similar charger formerly in the Robert Strauss Collection, see Christie's, London, 24 May 2011, lot 14.

John Hall was a direct descendent of W.A. Clark, but there is no proof that the present Deruta dish was ever part of the W.A. Clark collection.

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