A Deruta maiolica tazza or crespina early 17th century or later

A Deruta maiolica tazza or crespina early 17th century or later, the lobed form raised on a low flared foot, brightly enamelled with a winged putto holding a spear and leaning on a low column pedestal, the wide border with mythical creatures and grotesques, an 8cm rim crack, 24.7cm.

Cf. Bernard Rackham, Catalogue of Italian Maiolica,p.353, no 1054, for a similar example in the Victoria and Albert Museum.