A Montelupo maiolica dish c.1500

A Montelupo maiolica dish c.1500, painted in a limited palette of blue, green, yellow and ochre with a chequered medallion to the well within concentric narrow bands, the rim with a wide jagged blue ribbon border within narrow foliate scrolls, broken and cleanly repaired, 36.5cm.

Provenance: Sir Henry D'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Bt. DSO, MC, TD, of Somerhill, Kent. By descent to Lady D'Avigdor-Goldsmid and Mr and Mrs James Teacher. Sold at Sotheby's, 24th June 1981, lot 472, then at Christie's, 22nd April 2008, lot 6.