DISH WITH SHALLOW CAVETTO AND WIDE FLAT RIM (ANCIENT "TAGLIERE" OR SERVING TRAY)

Diameter, 24 cm.
Majolica
Faenza, last quarter of the 15th century.
Provenance: deposit (1920).
Condition: fragmentary, with small repairs.
Inv. no. A.B.4504.

Painted at the center is the bust of a woman, and on the rim, symetrically arranged, are « Persian palmettes » and rosettes mixed with moresque-style volutes made up of plant motifs and small dots.