Gentilizio coat of arms with rampant lion and eight -pointed star

Circular medallion in a grown terracotta and painted in the tones of blue, yellow and green; The coat of arms is enrolled in a almond shield on the background with a blue monochrome printing decoration, within garland of laurel leaves embellished with wrapped tape; It is mounted within a model molded in walnut leded in gold, some defects

Diam 38 cm

It is presumed to come from the Contini Bonacossi Collection. The lot in question, although typologically recalling the production of coats of arms and heraldic decorations of the lively Della Robbia workshop, presents a much rougher and rougher execution and a more archaic and rigid compositional style, far from the plastic fantasies and elegant and refined naturalism of Andrea and Giovanni, which betrays the origin of the work from a peripheral, little attentive to Florentine innovations and who can identify with an atelier in another Tuscan or Umbrian city. The request for a certificate of free circulation A.L.C. is in progress. at the Export Office of Florence