THE PROPERTY OF A DECEASED ESTATE
A Pesaro dated istoriato dish

1545, INSCRIBED ON THE UNDERSIDE IN BLUE SENTENZIA DE SALLAMONE/1545

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A Pesaro dated istoriato dish
1545, inscribed on the underside in blue Sentenzia de Sallamone/1545
Painted with the Judgement of Solomon, with the King seated beneath an ochre and yellow canopy beside a ruined arch and domed cupola and with a kneeling woman at his feet pleading for the life of her child about to be slaughtered (slight chips and flaking to rim and footrim)
10in. (25.5cm.) diam.

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