Bottega dei Della Robbia (Marco Della Robbia?)

Circular medallion in a healed terracotta and painted in the tones of blue, yellow, manganese, black and green; The noble coat of arms is enrolled in an elegant shaped shield between sinuous tapes, surrounded by a luxuriant garland of flowers and fruits in which quinces, figs, pomegranates, cucumbers, lemon alternating with blue and small spiga wet flowers; It presents itself mounted in a model molded in walnut in gold, with great probability made by Giò Ponti who designed the furnishings of Villa Vittoria (ex Villino Strozzi, now Palazzo dei Congressi), since 1931 residence of the well -known collector and antiquarian Alessandro Contini Bonacossi, some defects and small shortcomings

Diam 43 cm

Origin: Pisa Collection / Contini Bonacossi CollectionSee: Catalog of La Collection Pisa. Milan: 1937, II Tav CXLI. The lot can be viewed by appointment at our office in Corso Italia 6, Florence.