A CASTELLI MAIOLICA ARMORIAL DISH PROBABLY GRUE WORKSHOP, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

A CASTELLI MAIOLICA ARMORIAL DISH PROBABLY GRUE WORKSHOP, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY Decorated with central scene of two children, addorsed, scrolling floral border with armorial of tree in a shield, within an elaborate escutcheon surmounted by a black ecclesiastical hat or galero with six tassels on each side, probably for a Cardinal, manganese line and ochre band rim 34cm diameter Provenance: Richard Freeman, 17th February 2000, £8,400