POLYCHROME MAJOLICA VASE, WORKSHOP OF VIRGILIOTTO CALAMELLI, FAENZA, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY decorated with a figure of a philosopher in a minimal landscape within a reserve on a background of quarters and cartouche with inscription of contents; wear and tear from use, minor losses to the enamel on the foot, restorations to the top H. cm 36, diam. cm 24 A FAENZA MAIOLICA VASE, VIRGILIOTTO CALAMELLI, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY; SLIGHTLY WORN, FEW LOSSES, SOME RESTORATION The workshop of Virgiliotto Calamelli, known for its whites, produced fine maiolica decorated with quarters: in our house decorated like the vase under examination, centred by a medallion framing the portrait of a probable philosopher: a figure that may be related to the bust of a saint painted on an albarello (signed VR-FA; R. Montagut, Faïences, Paris-Faenza 1990, no. 23).