A RARE CASTEL DURANTE PLATE, by Giovanni Maria, with a rich blue ground, decorated with two kneeling figures of bald-headed cupids flanking a mask and surmounted by another full-length figure of a cupid on a pedestal, this figure is flanked by numerous trofei including drums and cuirasses in yellow, orange, pale blue and pale green, the underside with roughly executed foliate scrolls and a blue border round the rim, circa 1515
