A small Castelli maiolica plate early 18th century

A small Castelli maiolica plate early 18th century, painted with four men at repose beneath a tree, drinking, talking and reclining, with buildings and mountains visible in the distance, the rim with two putti and two masks between scrolls and foliage, 17.5cm.

Cf. Jeanne Giacomotti, Catalogue des Majoliques des Musées Nationaux, 1974, nos. 1398, 1399 and 1401, p. 477 for similar plates.