AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA DISH, CIRCA 1510-20, POSSIBLY FAENZA OR SIENA

AN ITALIAN MAIOLICA DISH
CIRCA 1510-20, POSSIBLY FAENZA OR SIENA
Painted with a central medallion depicting St. Jerome reading in a rocky landscape, with a lion and skull at his feet and a fortified town before mountains in the background, the scene enclosed with two concentric blue rings, the border painted in ochre and blue tones with trophies reserved with scroll-edged panels painted with putti highlighted in white, the reverse painted alla porcellana in blue with arabesques, the centre with a conch shell
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) diameter

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN