AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA FOOTED DISH
PROPERTY FROM THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITION FUND (LOTS 53-72)
AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA FOOTED DISH

LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY, CENTRAL ITALY, PROBABLY FAENZA

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AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA FOOTED DISH
LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY, CENTRAL ITALY, PROBABLY FAENZA
Painted in the 'Gothic' style, the center with a flower, possibly an iris, the border with stylized angled grasses and blossoms
9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Collection Emile Gavet, Paris (by tradition - unsubstantiated in the literature).
William A. Clark, 1926.
Literature
Breckenridge, p. 8.
Watson, cat. no. 88.
James D. Breckenridge, "Italian Maiolica in the W.A. Clark Collection", ,
The Corcoran Gallery of Art Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 3, April 1955, cat. 8.
Wendy M. Watson, Italian Rennaissance Maiolica from the William A. Clark Collection, London, 1986, cat. no. 88.

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See B. Rackham, Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1977, cat. 146.

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