Large dish with segmental border of plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, an emblematic female figure holding a crowned toad and cornucopia

Deruta 16th Centuryc. 1510/1540

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Title: Large dish with segmental border of plant sprays and scale pattern; in the center, an emblematic female figure holding a crowned toad and cornucopia
Creator: Deruta 16th Century
Date Created: c. 1510/1540
Physical Dimensions: overall (diameter): 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Probably Alessandro Castellani [1823-1883], Rome; (his sale, Paris, 27-29 May 1878, no. 146, as Pesaro). Probably A. Andrews, London; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 14-17 April 1888, no. 391); (Galerie Seligmann, Paris). Maurice Kann [1839-1906], Paris; purchased 1908 with the entire Kann collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris); purchased February 1910 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.
Medium: tin-glazed earthenware (maiolica)

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