MID-16TH CENTURY

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A FAENZA MAIOLICA TROMPE L’OEIL DISH
MID-16TH CENTURY
The bowl of shallow form with blue alla porcellana decoration to both sides, the interior applied with fruit, nuts and vegetables
7 5⁄8 in. (19.3 cm.) wide

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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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Lot Essay

Of the surviving bowls modelled with trompe l’oeil fruit and nuts, none are marked except the example in the British Museum. See Dora Thornton and Timothy Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics, A catalogue of the British Museum collection, London, 2009, Vol. I, pp. 157-158, no. 101, where other examples are cited.

A 16th century trompe l'oeil dish applied with fruit and vegetables from the collection of the 4th Viscount of Allendale, Bywell Hall, was sold by Christie's, London on 31 January 2018, lot 134 (part).

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