TWO CASTELLI ARMORIAL BLUE-GROUND DISHES, the centres painted in white enamel and gilt with the Arms, an escutcheon with six fleurs-de-lys below a Cardinal's hat, surrounded by diaper and scroll ornament, the flat rims with entwined bands of foliage, the undersides with diaper-pattern, scrolls and foliage in white (some retouching to gilding, slight glaze flaking and rim chips), late 16th/early 17th century

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TWO CASTELLI ARMORIAL BLUE-GROUND DISHES, the centres painted in white enamel and gilt with the Arms, an escutcheon with six fleurs-de-lys below a Cardinal's hat, surrounded by diaper and scroll ornament, the flat rims with entwined bands of foliage, the undersides with diaper-pattern, scrolls and foliage in white (some retouching to gilding, slight glaze flaking and rim chips), late 16th/early 17th century
24cm. diam. (2)

Lot Essay

The Arms are those of Cardinal Farnese

Cf. Giorgio Baldiseri et al., op. cit., nos. 530-539; see also Jeanne Giacomotti, op. cit., no. 1212

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