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A Deruta Maiolica Gold-Lustre Charger, ca. 1530-1550

Decorated in blue and enriched in gold lustre, the centre with the Virgin Mary seated on a chair on a chequered floor reading a book to the Infant Christ surrounded by a ribbon inscribed FACIES· OQVLIS· ISIDIOSA· MEIS·, the a quartieri border with panels of scale ornament alternating with a candeliere foliage.

16 2/5 in diameter | 41.7 cm diameter