Italy, Faenza, Casa Pirota or Piero Bergantini... Lot 171

Italy, Faenza, Casa Pirota or Piero Bergantini workshop, circa 1525 Round Tondino dish with a slightly hollow basin, decorated in blue, green and ochre with a central polychrome crest bearing the arms of the Spadassin family of Rome, surrounded by a concentric frieze of chevrons in white set Bianco Sopra Bianco on a pale blue Berretino background. The a berretino wing is decorated with foliage, foliate scrolls and masks, and the reverse with concentric fillets. Diameter: 24.2 cm Restorations Expert : Cyrille Froissart