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da Pompa" ceremonial dish
Madonna and Child
Lustrous yellow and blue earthenware?
Diameter: 42.5 cm
Restorations
Provenance: Collection of Madame Carlo Broglio, Paris
Bibliography: Collection of Madame Carlo Broglio, Paris, Palais Galiera, March 20, 1974, n.50
In Deruta's early 16th-century majolica, some subjects seem rarer than others. This is precisely the case with this large ceremonial dish (da Pompa), depicting in its center a seated Virgin holding in both hands the Infant Jesus seated on her lap. A phylactery bearing the inscription "AVE MARIA ISTELLA MATOTINA ALTA RIGINA" unfolds in the field. In the sky, an eight-rayed star. The border is decorated with a rich compartmentalized geometric pattern. At present, this is the only known dish with this motif.
