MODELLED FRUIT BOWL WITH LONG FOOT (ANCIENT "CRESPINA" OR FLUTED DISH)

Diameter 35,8 cm.
Majolica.
Faenza, ca. 1535-40.
Provenance: acquisition (1959).
Condition: slight chipping of the glaze along the edge.
Inv. no. 6769

Painted at the center, the image of St. Dominick, and around it, flowering vine-shoots decorating vari-coloured quarterings.