POLYCHROME FAIENCE BOWL, WORKSHOP OF MASTRO DOMENICO VENICE, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY decorated with outlines in reserve on a background of floral and plant motifs; restoration, wear and minor retouches to the glaze and original firing defects, slight craquelure H. cm 36.5, diam. cm 27 A VENICE MAIOLICA VASE, LAST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY; RESTORATIONS, WORN AS USUAL, FEW MINOR GLAZE RE-PAINTINGS AND FIRING DEFECTS, THIN CRAQUELURE The male portrait used here is to be found in the berettino-bottomed dish in the Bargello Museum in Florence (inv. no. 1932M; M. Marini, Maioliche e ceramiche del Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Turin 2024, p. 95 no. 119) where it is dated to the mid-16th century, a type that is highly recognisable due to the shape of the headgear already identifiable in Venetian production of the period.