FRUIT BOWL IN THE SHAPE OF A PIERCED-WORK BASKET WITH SQUARE FOOT

Diameter, 26 cm.
Majolica.
Faenza, last quarter half of the 16th century.
Provenance: acquisition (1966).
Condition: slight peeling, and a small repair at the rim.
Inv. no. 15218.

Painted at the center is a small putto, naked, facing towards the right and holding a cross in his left hand (Saint John as a youth?).