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Lot 340

A PAIR OF CASTELLI MAIOLICA PLAQUES
Late 17th, early 18th century, attributed to the Grue family workshop, each painted in colours with Commedia dell'arte scenes of a woman and men in arlecchino costume in a landscape and on a terrace.
21 x 32cm (30.5 x 41cm framed)

Estimate $2,000 - $4,000

Sold for $20,000

Unexamined out of frames: one plaque with large bruise to lower edge, the other with scratches to glaze and some pits in glaze original to manufacture.


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The Robert Compton Jones Collection, Sydney

The Collector's Auction

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8810
2:00pm - 3 March 2026
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Fri 27 Feb – Sun 1 Mar, 11am - 5pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

CONTACT
Madeleine Mackenzie
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au


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