CIRCA 1600
Details
A Faenza maiolica black-ground fluted tazza
Circa 1600
The raised central boss painted in underglaze blue with a figure standing with a staff and stick with laurels in his hair and with a trailing ochre scarf within a yellow surround, the gadrooned border lightly enriched with gilding, on a spreading circular foot (broken into three pieces, riveted and cracked around the central boss)
11¾in. (29.8cm.) diam.
Circa 1600
The raised central boss painted in underglaze blue with a figure standing with a staff and stick with laurels in his hair and with a trailing ochre scarf within a yellow surround, the gadrooned border lightly enriched with gilding, on a spreading circular foot (broken into three pieces, riveted and cracked around the central boss)
11¾in. (29.8cm.) diam.