201 - PAIR OF TWO-COLOR MAIOLICA PLATES, SAVONA KILN, LATE 17TH CENTURY (2)

PAIR OF TWO-COLOR MAIOLICA PLATES, SAVONA KILN, LATE 17TH CENTURY (2) with a turquoise background and a design of birds in a minimalist landscape; slight wear and imperfections, some minor chips along the rims Kiln mark Height 4.5 cm, diameter 28 cm A PAIR OF SAVONA MAIOLICA PLATES, LATE 17TH CENTURY; SLIGHTLY WORN, FEW DEFECTS, SOME MINOR EDGE LOSSES (2) Provenance: Christie’s London, Centuries of Style, November 17, 2009, lot 14 An example featuring the same Orientalizing decorative style and turquoise ground is held in the collections of the Civic Museums of Savona (C. Chilosi, E. Mattiauda, eds., Museo della Ceramica, Genoa, 2014, p. 18, fig. 17). Pessa (L. Pessa, *Le ceramiche liguri*, *Musei e Collezioni della città di Genova*, Milan, 2005, figs. 45 and 57, pp. 58 and 63) identifies the mark as that of Bianchino of Savona.