Gazette Drouot logo print
Lot n° 185

DERUTA

Estimate :
Subscribers only

Round ceremonial dish in majolica with polychrome decoration of a man's bust in profile wearing a headdress decorated with feathers and a phylactery bearing the inscription DI FIN LA FRA RE REL NI VD I CHA, the wing decorated with a frieze of stylized feathers standing out on a yellow background. Reverse side with brown background. Early 16th century, circa 1510. Diameter: 48 cm Firing distortion, broken and restored. Provenance : Former Adda collection Bibliography : Reproduced in Chompret, Répertoire de la majolique italienne, 1948.