Dated cup in 16th-century Pesaro majolica - Lot 34
Dated cup in 16th-century Pesaro majolica
1543, signed Pesaro; inscribed in blue on reverse Lenovve" muse "del" / "parnaffo" "monto" "fato" / in "pefaro 1543, label for PESSARO / E3 in Urbino and Salle à manger Blay
With polychrome decoration in full depicting the nine muses on Mount Parnassus in a landscape, ochre fillet on the rim, glued chip at the base with small crack, small chips and chips.
D. 27.5 cm.
Provenance:
Former Henri Blay collection (1861-1920).
For another dish with a composition on the same theme, see Timothy Wilson, Italian" "maiolica of the Renaissance, Milan, 1996, p.217.
Sale information - Ceramics (H. Blay Collection) - Silverware - Jewelry
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