A Pesaro istoriato tazza

CIRCA 1550, INSCRIBED ON THE REVERSE APOLLO ET DAFANO

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A Pesaro istoriato tazza
Circa 1550, inscribed on the reverse Apollo et dafano
Painted in blue, ochre, yellow, green and black with white highlights, with Apollo and Daphne, to the right Apollo holding a bow and Daphne's hair, Daphne in the process of turning into a tree before a stream and a languishing river god, to his left a standing naked female figure and Apollo and Cupid among clouds above, in an extensive river landscape with buildings and distant mountains (broken in several pieces and restored, minor chips and glaze flaking to rim)
11¼in. (28.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

This piece has many features in common with the dish in Padua, Museo Civico, illustrated by Paride Berardi, L'antica maiolica di Pesaro, fig. 85, and there ascribed to the Painter of the Planet Venus. Both the handling of the musculature of the bodies and the treatment of the trees display the same mannerisms.

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