A rare and early Faenza maiolica tondino, dated 1520Decorated in berettino with scrollwork grotesques around a central polychrome scene of a bearded man facing dexter, holding a scroll of paper with gothic letters, dated '1520' on the reverse between two concentric lines on the bowl, diam. cm 26 (restored section to the rim)注脚Provenance:Italian Private CollectionA similar dish with slightly later date and a female portrait is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv.no. 53.225.80).