Details
AN ISTORIATO PLATE
CASTELLI, 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO LIBORIO GRUE
Painted on a white ground in shades of yellow, blue, green, and manganese with a pearl fisherman showing his catch to his family, the rim with putti supporting and climbing on fruited garlands within manganese and yellow line borders, the reverse inscribed in red with Sackler number 79.6.20 (tiny nicks to glaze of edge, reverse with test drill holes)--12in. (30.5cm.) diam.
Provenance
Earl of Rosebery, 'Mentmore', Buckinghamshire; Sotheby & Co., Mentmore, Vol. 3, May 24, 1977, lot 2231
With Bernheimer, Munich
