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Lot 11

Sale 6228 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 7, 2014 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Italian Maiolica istoriato dish, "Israelites gathering manna" after the royal banquet service of isabella d’este, marchioness of mantua (1474-1539

Painted to the well with a pair of putti supporting an armorial shield bearing the arms of Gonzaga impaling Este above a scroll below, the cavetto decorated in bianco sopra bianco with palmettes, the rim finely painted to depict the Isrealites gathering manna as described in Exodus 16:17, the underside painted with two concentric circles below the rim, and with old label "Rare Italian majolica, ca. 1600".

H: 2 5/8, D: 11 in.

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