TRAY AND TWO TRAYS, DOCCIA, MANIFATTURA GINORI, 1740-1745 in polychrome painted porcelain, poly-lobed in shape with a ribbed rim; the surface shows in the centre a bunch of large flowers surrounded on the brim by four flowered shoots arranged at the cardinal points, a decoration known as "a ciocchette primitive". In terms of size, the larger tray can be considered the twin of the one in the Collection of the Richard Ginori Ceramic Company. The three trays, although different in size, are absolutely consistent with each other; 33.6x25.7 cm (1) and 27x20.6 cm (2) A GINORI TRAY AND TWO SMALL TRAYS, DOCCIA, 1740-1745 Bibliography for comparison L. Ginori Lisci, La porcellana di Doccia, Milano 1963, p. 47 fig. 22 "RTF to HTML .Net".

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