A Deruta Maiolica Charger (ca. 1535)

Decorated in blue, yellow, turquoise and ochre and enriched in ruby and gold lustre, the centre with a young couple standing in a stylised landscape, the young woman holding a lustred heart, her companion with his arm around her shoulder, the border with panels of scale ornament alternating with panels of palmettes, divided by radiating bands of lustre and color, within a yellow band rim, the reverse lead glazed, the footrim pierced for suspension., 38.7 cm diameter