Maiolica Collection

Plate with arms of Pope Pius III (Francesco Todeschere Piccolomini)

Siena, 1503

41.5cm (diameter)

earthenware, tin-glazed (maiolica), polychrome

Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini reigned as Pope less than a month before he died in October 2003, so this plate with his arms is one of the very rare closely datable pieces of Sienese Renaissance maiolica.

Morgan maiolica, no. 101; Pot no. 3152, see Moatti brochure for further provenance details.

Presented by Mr & Mrs Alain Moatti, 2015.  WA2015.14

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