A NETHERLANDISH MAIOLICA POLYCHROME DISH
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A NETHERLANDISH MAIOLICA POLYCHROME DISH

MID 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HAARLEM, PROBABLY WILLEM JANSZ. VERSTRAETEN

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A NETHERLANDISH MAIOLICA POLYCHROME DISH
MID 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY HAARLEM, PROBABLY WILLEM JANSZ. VERSTRAETEN
Painted in the manner of the Patanazzi workshop in Urbino, the central medallion with Cupid reclining holding a torch, his elbow resting on a skull, within a cartouche of yellow, ochre and blue concentric circles surrounded by grotteschi divided by concentric circles at the well, within a simulated gadrooned rim, the footrim pierced for suspension (firing fault to central medallion, some chipping to rim, mainly on underside edge)
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) diam.
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Lot Essay

For a similar dish from the Grethe Collection, see D. & R. Aronson, Dutch Delftware, The Dr. Günter Grethe Collection (Gent, 2004), p. 9, no. 3.

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