Title: Deep bowl with "Persian palmette" ornament; in the center, a profile bust of a young man wearing a wreath
Creator: Probably Tuscany or Faenza 16th Century
Date Created: c. 1490/1500
Physical Dimensions: overall (diameter): 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Provenance: Sigismond Bardac, Paris, by 1913.[1] (Duveen Brothers); purchased January 1914 by Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, 1942.
[1] Henri Leman, _Collection Sigismond Bardac; faiences italiennes du xve siècle; objets de haute curiosité. Notices..._ (Paris, 1913), no. 18, repro. (as Caffagiolo, fifteenth century).