Plate with "Bella Donna" Deruta, 16th century
Description:
Refined plate in polychrome majolica in shades of green, blue, light blue, with a subtle yellow line on a white background.
The wide rim is decorated with intertwined plant motifs like arabesques in green tones.
The central cavity features the effigy of the bust of a "Bella Donna" (beautiful woman) portrayed in profile, with a rich hairstyle, long necklace, and dress with puffs at the shoulders, within a frame with triple decoration in bluish tones.
The plate measures cm. 24.
Deruta, 16th century