MAJOLICA PINE-CONE VASE WITH LUSTRE GLAZE Deruta, ca. 1520. Naturalistic oval shape, applied with small pine cones, on a flared disc-shaped base, with a brass-colored lustre glaze. Lid missing. H 21 cm. Minor restoration. Provenance: Private collection, Lugano. Comparable items of lusterware with polychrome painting: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Inv. No. 1975.1.1026). J. Giacomotti, Les majoliques des Musées nationaux, Paris, 1974, pp. 132-133, Nos. 668-670 (Musée de Cluny, Louvre); B. Rackham, Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London 1977, plate 80, Nos. 517-518 (Victoria & Albert Museum); Museo Nazionale di Firenze, Palazzo del Bargello, Catalogo delle Maioliche 1971, No. 459; G. Busti-F. Cocchi, in: R. Ausenda, Museo d'Arte Applicate. Le Ceramiche, Vol. I, Milan 2000, p. 89, No. 77 (Castello Sforzesco di Milano).