English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23rd May 2017
Lot 97
A Montelupo maiolica dish c.1500
Estimate £1,300 - £2,000 | Hammer £1400
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Description
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.