Lot Essay
Cf. Jeanne Giacomotti, Catalogue des majoliques des musées nationaux (1974), p. 225, nos. 735 and 739, see also Timothy Wilson, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance (1987), p. 108, no. 173
CIRCA 1530, RUBY LUSTRE A MARK
Details
A Gubbio lustred crespina
Circa 1530, ruby lustre A mark
The centre moulded with a portrait of Mary Magdalene in profile to the left before an unguent jar within a border of radiating foliage and ruby lustre rays outlined in blue, the underside with lustre scrolls (extensively damaged and repaired)
9in. (23cm.) diam.
Circa 1530, ruby lustre A mark
The centre moulded with a portrait of Mary Magdalene in profile to the left before an unguent jar within a border of radiating foliage and ruby lustre rays outlined in blue, the underside with lustre scrolls (extensively damaged and repaired)
9in. (23cm.) diam.