The central part of an Urbino istoriato charger (piatto di pompa) Circa 1560, workshop of Orazio Fontana Painted with a group of soldiers between tents before the Castel Sant Angelo, to the right Cloelia being given as a hostage to the King of Clusium seated on a throne before an open tent, the foreground with Cloelia standing on the banks of the Tiber with her companions, on the left Cloelia crossing the river seated on a horse with a companion, the reverse inscribed in blue with CLELIA ROMANA between blue scrolls (uneven edge and poorly filled area at 11'clock, slender replacement sections between 8 and 9 o'clock, 5 and 6 o'clock and 3 and 4 o'clock to make object more circular, section between 1 and 2 o'clock restuck, three fine cracks from rim visible at back), sold with an elaborate 18th Century pierced carved circular giltwood frame 12½ in. (31.8 cm.) wide
The central part of an Urbino istoriato charger (piatto di pompa) Circa 1560, workshop of Orazio Fontana Painted with a group of soldiers between tents before the Castel Sant Angelo, to the right Cloelia being given as a hostage to the King of Clusium seated on a throne before an open tent, the foreground with Cloelia standing on the banks of the Tiber with her companions, on the left Cloelia crossing the river seated on a horse with a companion, the reverse inscribed in blue with CLELIA ROMANA between blue scrolls (uneven edge and poorly filled area at 11'clock, slender replacement sections between 8 and 9 o'clock, 5 and 6 o'clock and 3 and 4 o'clock to make object more circular, section between 1 and 2 o'clock restuck, three fine cracks from rim visible at back), sold with an elaborate 18th Century pierced carved circular giltwood frame 12½ in. (31.8 cm.) wide
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