Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Italian maiolica Castelli plate, mid 18th c., decorated in polychrome with two pastoral figures beyond a stream in a classical Italian landscape, all within ochre rims, condition:
Dimensions:
Diameter: 17.3cm. (6 3/4cm.)
Condition:
areas of paint loss to yellow rim, with metal mount.
Notes:
The landscape is painted in the style of French engraver Gabriel Perelle (1604-1677). Prints were commonly used as sources of design in the Castelli workshops, and were sometimes pricked for direct transfer
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