DISH, MONTELUPO, 1600 CIRCA in polychrome painted majolica; diam. cm 34, foot diam. cm 14, h. cm 6,3 A DISH, MONTELUPO, CIRCA 1600 Comparative Bibliography C. Ravanelli Guidotti, Maioliche "figurate" di Montelupo, Florence 2012, p. 110 The surface is entirely covered by the polychrome decoration, while on the back the dish shows three concentric lines in manganese At the centre of the composition a swordsman wearing a suit with jacket and wide trousers adorned with a fine lace collar. The scene, in which the character is practising, is enclosed by two small trees, one of which is bearing fruit, resting on rounded rocks, a small stream and a background of mountains that are also rounded. The work belongs to the "late figurative" current of Montelupo, which had its greatest expansion during the first half of the 17th century, and in terms of stylistic modalities can be referred to the group of minute details.