A DUCHY OF URBINO MAIOLICA BELLA DONNA FOOTED DISH
CIRCA 1540, PERHAPS CASTEL DURANTE
Painted with a bust-length portrait of a young woman three-quarters to left, wearing a yellow turban with blue and white stripes, a beaded necklace and a cream dress with diagonal bands of scrolling foliage and stripes, before a scrolling ribbon inscribed PANTASILEA.BELLA, all against a blue ground, the rim edged in yellow (restored section to rim between four and seven o'clock, restored rim chip at eleven o'clock, glaze flaking to rim, two chips to footrim)
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) diam.
A DUCHY OF URBINO MAIOLICA BELLA DONNA FOOTED DISH
CIRCA 1540, PERHAPS CASTEL DURANTE
Painted with a bust-length portrait of a young woman three-quarters to left, wearing a yellow turban with blue and white stripes, a beaded necklace and a cream dress with diagonal bands of scrolling foliage and stripes, before a scrolling ribbon inscribed PANTASILEA.BELLA, all against a blue ground, the rim edged in yellow (restored section to rim between four and seven o'clock, restored rim chip at eleven o'clock, glaze flaking to rim, two chips to footrim)
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) diam.
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