Lot Essay
(The reverse with red inventory number 59296).
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FIRST HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, PROBABLY VALENCIA (MANISES)
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AN HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE DISH
FIRST HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, PROBABLY VALENCIA (MANISES)
Decorated in pale reddish-brown lustre and blue, the central lustred boss reserved with a flowerhead surrounded by smaller flowerheads, the well and border lustred with scrolling foliage centred by trees and divided by blue stylised flowerheads, the border with a pierced aperture for suspension, the reverse with a central rosette within spiralling lines enclosed by scrolling fern ornament around the border (chipping and flaking)
15 in. (38 cm.) diam.
FIRST HALF OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, PROBABLY VALENCIA (MANISES)
Decorated in pale reddish-brown lustre and blue, the central lustred boss reserved with a flowerhead surrounded by smaller flowerheads, the well and border lustred with scrolling foliage centred by trees and divided by blue stylised flowerheads, the border with a pierced aperture for suspension, the reverse with a central rosette within spiralling lines enclosed by scrolling fern ornament around the border (chipping and flaking)
15 in. (38 cm.) diam.
Provenance
P. Fontana Collection, no. 59296 (the reverse with red inventory number).
Exhibited
'Exposición de Cerámica Antigua Espanola', Palacio de La Virreina, Barcelona, 1942, exhibition label attached to the reverse.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium