17TH CENTURY, PERHAPS UMBRIA OR THE MARCHES

Two oval dishes with very similar decoration are illustrated by Carmen Ravanelli Giudotti, Ceramiche Occidentali del Museo Civico Medievale di Bologna, Bologna, 1985, pp. 237-238, nos. 193 and 194; see also p. 236, no. 192 for a circular dish of the same type, inscribed on the reverse DONNA/MARIA FELICE/BOZOLENI, perhaps named for the recipient of the dish or service. Another oval dish with birds and pomegranates is illustrated by David Banzato and Michaelangelo Munarini, Ceramiche del '600 e '700 dei Musei Civici di Padova, Venice, 1995, p. 174, no. 260.