A CASTELLI MAIOLICA FOOTED DISH

CIRCA 1640

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A CASTELLI MAIOLICA FOOTED DISH
CIRCA 1640
Of circular form, the foot with a knopped stem, painted with the infant Achilles in the arms of his mother, Thetis, as she prepares to pass him to the Centaur Chiron to begin his eductation, with buildings in the background in a wooded landscape, the yellow and ochre-washed rim with a manganese border of scrolling foliage and concentric blue lines
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

For a footed dish or alzata with a very similar border to the rim, attributed to Francesco Grue, see Carola Fiocco, Gabriella Gherardi and Giuseppe Matricardi et al., Capolavori della Maiolica Castellana dal Cinquecento al Terzo Fuoco, La Collezione Matricardi, April - October 2012, Exhibition Catalogue, Pinacoteca Civica, Teramo, Turin, 2012, p. 104, no. 66.

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