A Deruta maiolica blue and white charger Circa 1640-1645
(bacile di versatore) jug stand, decorated allover in horror vacui with fabulous animals, birds and foliage, the centre raised and with fluted border (cracked)
44.5 cm. (17 1/2 in.) diam.
Lot Essay
Cf. J. Giacomotti, Les majoliques des musées nationaux (Paris 1974), p. 428, ill. 1270
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