AN URBINO MAIOLICA ARMORIAL LOW FOOTED DISH (ALZATA

CIRCA 1600, PROBABLY PATANAZZI WORKSHOP

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AN URBINO MAIOLICA ARMORIAL LOW FOOTED DISH (ALZATA
CIRCA 1600, PROBABLY PATANAZZI WORKSHOP
Painted with Priam welcoming Helen to Troy among attendants before a fortified gate, below a coat of arms in an escutcheon, within an ochre rim
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Unidentified sale in Italy, lot 61, according to the auction catalogue entry and illustration attached to the reverse (with further partial collection labels).

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Lot Essay

See T. Wilson, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance (London, 1987), p. 129, fig. XXVIII for a drawing 'which is apparently an early copy of a maiolica design by Battista Franco' which corresponds to the scene on this alzata.

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