POLYCHROME MAJOLICA BOWL, VENICE KILN, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY with fruit decoration and cartouche with inscription of contents; restorations H. cm 31, diam. cm 29 A VENICE MAIOLICA VASE, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY; RESTORATIONS See for comparison the specimen published by Wilson in 1996 (T. Wilson, Italian Maiolica of the Renaissance, Milan 1996, card 167, p. 432), as well as the boccia vase now in the Civiche Raccolte del Castello Sforzesco, inv. no. 247. Please refer to Francesca Saccardo's card in 2000 for an accurate examination of this decorative type and for the preceding bibliography (F. Saccardo in R. Ausenda, Le ceramiche. Museo d'Arti Applicate, Milan 2000, card 313 p. 285 and following).