English and European Ceramics and Glass - 18th October 2017
Lot 1210
A small Castelli maiolica plate early 18th century
Estimate £300 - £500
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Description
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.