Lot Essay
should be TL'd just to be sure - back is flat with a hole permitting one to look into the forehead - reddish terracotta covered with a grey slip - held into frame with iron braces
Property from the Estate of
BARBARA MORTIMER
A GLAZED TERRACOTTA TONDO
Details
A GLAZED TERRACOTTA TONDO
IN THE STYLE OF THE DELLA ROBBIA WORKSHOP
Modelled in high relief with the head of a woman wearing a cap secured with a faceted jewel, her tresses flowing across the dark cobalt ground, her features picked out in cobalt (surface & glaze chips especially at neck and shoulders--16 3/8 in. (41.7 cm.) diam., within carved parcel gilt-wood frame
IN THE STYLE OF THE DELLA ROBBIA WORKSHOP
Modelled in high relief with the head of a woman wearing a cap secured with a faceted jewel, her tresses flowing across the dark cobalt ground, her features picked out in cobalt (surface & glaze chips especially at neck and shoulders--16 3/8 in. (41.7 cm.) diam., within carved parcel gilt-wood frame