European Ceramics

majolica plate, Deruta

Small flat plate with sunken centre. The plate has been decorated with scrolls of flowers in blue and gold lustre. The transition of the lower centre to the rim as well as the the outer rim have been accentuated by concentric blue lines and gold lustre.

Majolica.

Deruta.

Circa 1530

Diameter: 20,8 cm

A comparable plate is held in the Museo Nazionale di Firenze, Palazzo Bargello.