A MONTELUPO MASSIVE PORTRAIT DISH
A MONTELUPO MASSIVE PORTRAIT DISH

SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY

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A MONTELUPO MASSIVE PORTRAIT DISH
SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY
Boldly painted with a half-length portrait of a lady holding a cornucopia of flowers, below fluttering banner with an inscription following a pointing hand: UNo · PAIO · DE ORE CHISTANCHA NO · UNO · CHUMUNO · DI CHA · DI ME · QUILO · CHE · VOLE DI RE · LAGENTE · CHE · NO · BRAMO · CHONSELGo · DEVERUNO . in blue, against a blue ground, possibly with stylised distant buildings on the right (lower part broken and restored, associated crack extending across her neck and restored crack to right of woman through banner, two small restored dents to banner, slight chipping and glaze flaking to rims)
17¾ in. (45.1 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Cucci Collection, Rimini.

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Dominic Simpson
Dominic Simpson

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The inscription Un paio d'ore che stancano uno comune dica di me quello che vuole dire la gente che non bramo chon selgo dever uno roughly translates as 'A few hours that tire out an ordinary man. Let people I don't envy say whatever they want of me'.

更多來自 The Pottery of Princes: An Important Private Collection of Italian Maiolica

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