485
A "Mount Sinai" Plate
Estimate €1.000–2.000
484
Display plate "aranhões"
Estimate €2.000–4.000
Description
In faience.
Decoration in blue and wine-red with a winged heart pierced by arrows surmounted by a royal crown.
Rim with a band of 'aranhões'.
Portugal, 17th century (2nd half).
(restoration to the rim and losses to the glaze on the border)
Diam.: 38 cm
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