An Italian maiolica bianco-sopra-bianco istoriato large dish, circa 1540, Urbino or Casteldurante

An Italian maiolica bianco-sopra-bianco istoriato large dish, circa 1540, Urbino or Casteldurante

painted to the centre with an istoriato scene of Venus and Cupid within a broad grey-ground border, the central roundels radiating a quartiere petal-shaped panels decorated in bianco-sopra-bianco with scrolling leaves, the rim with a band of meandering foliage around a narrow band
diameter 17⅓in.; 44,7 cm.
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Grand plat en majolique blanche "a istoriato", Urbino ou Casteldurante, vers 1540

diameter 17⅓in.; 44,7 cm.

Condition Report:
Overall in good order and of good appearance.
At 10 o’clock a section of the rim has been re-stuck in two sections; it measures 9 cm x 3.5 cm. Associated spray to the underside. At 2 o’clock a chip to the edge of the rim has been repaired with associated overpainting to the underside. Otherwise typical minor glaze chipping a flaking to the rim.

Catalogue Note:
For a related armorial dish see D. Thornton & T. Wilson, Italian Renaissance Ceramics A catalogue of the British Museum Collection, London, 2009, Vol. I, pp. 337-8, no. 223.

Provenance:
Collection J.G.R, Strasburg;

Christie's Milan, 08 June 2004, lot 439;

Sotheby's London, 03 July 2013, lot 3.

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Collection J.G.R, Strasburg;

Christie's Milan, 08 juin 2004, lot 439;

Sotheby's Londres, 03 juillet 2013, lot 3.