POLYCHROME MAJOLICA JUG, FAENZA KILN, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY decorated with a female bust in reserve on a background with geometric motifs; wear and tear, enamel defects, restorations H 17 cm, diam. 12 cm A FAENZA MAIOLICA EWER, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY; WORN, GLAZE DEFECTS, RESTORATIONS For this decorative taste see, among many possible examples, Ravanelli Guidotti in 2000 (C. Ravanelli Guidotti, Gentili donne di Faenza, Faenza 2000, p. 238), the plate from the series published by Wilson in 1996 (T. Wilson, Italian Maiolica of the Renaissance, Milan 1996, card 45, p. 98).