16th century URBINO majolica Tondino - Lot 59

16th century URBINO majolica Tondino Label for Bureau Blay / Urbino / D4 Full polychrome decoration of a river god, framed by deities, surmounted by a trellis with numerous animals and fantasy animals, the ocean populated with fantasy animals, braid on the rim, crack, small chip on the rim, chips. D. 26 cm. Provenance: Former Henri Blay collection (1861-1920). A similar dish is in the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Inv. C.222-1991); it is illustrated by Julia E. Poole, Italian" "maiolica" and "incised" "slipware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Cambridge, 1995, p.395, n.427. The decoration is inspired by an engraving by Cornelis Floris (1514-1575), originally from Antwerp, published by Hieronymus Cock in 1556 in Veelderley" "niewe" van "antycksche" "sepultueren.