Lot Essay
For a dish with foliate forms rendered in reserve against lustre, see Anthony Ray, Spanish Pottery 1248-1898 (London, 2000), p. 123, no. 245.
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CIRCA 1525-60, PROBABLY VALENCIA (MANISES)
Details
AN HISPANO-MORESQUE LUSTRE DISH
CIRCA 1525-60, PROBABLY VALENCIA (MANISES)
Decorated in lustre and blue, the raised central boss lustred with foliate motifs within a blue band, the lustred well reserved with large foliate motifs within a blue band, the lustred border reserved with scrolling leaves within concentric lustred lines, two pierced apertures for suspension, the reverse lustred with bands of wave ornament divided by concentric circles (broken into two sections with associated over-painting along break and D-shaped area at rim probably a replacement, further cracks, chipping and flaking)
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1525-60, PROBABLY VALENCIA (MANISES)
Decorated in lustre and blue, the raised central boss lustred with foliate motifs within a blue band, the lustred well reserved with large foliate motifs within a blue band, the lustred border reserved with scrolling leaves within concentric lustred lines, two pierced apertures for suspension, the reverse lustred with bands of wave ornament divided by concentric circles (broken into two sections with associated over-painting along break and D-shaped area at rim probably a replacement, further cracks, chipping and flaking)
12½ in. (31.8 cm.) diam.
Provenance
P. Fontana Collection, no. 59241 (reverse with inscribed paper label and red inventory number).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium