A PORTUGUESE MAIOLICA BLUE AND MANGANESE DISH
A PORTUGUESE MAIOLICA BLUE AND MANGANESE DISH

THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY

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A PORTUGUESE MAIOLICA BLUE AND MANGANESE DISH
THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
Painted with a bird strutting among flowering shrubs within a border of fruits and leaves between blue bands, the underside with three S-scrolls to the border (very slight rim chipping)
15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) diam.

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For similar border designs see Simonetta Luz Afonso et al., 'Oriental Influence on 17th Century Portuguese Ceramics', Exhibition Catalogue, Lisbon, 1994, pp. 139-143, cat. nos. 104-107 and nos. 109-114.

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