Castelli, 18th Century , Majolica Dish with the Holy Family and Saint John

This exquisite and finely painted small ceramic dish originates from Castelli, an Italian town renowned across Europe for its exceptional majolica production during the 17th and 18th centuries. Featuring a dark brown body glazed in white, the piece showcases intricate, miniature staffage painting rendered in a vibrant palette of orange, blue, green, and brown.
The devotional composition depicts Mary with the Child Jesus, accompanied by Saint John the Baptist and the Lamb of God (Agnus Dei) within a softly rendered natural landscape beneath a tree. The delicate brushwork, sophisticated layering of color, and refined narrative detail capture the high artistic standard of Castelli ceramicists, who frequently drew inspiration from classical and baroque paintings for their intricate tin-glazed earthenware panels and vessels. Majolica/ceramic (dark brown body glazed in white with staffage in orange, blue, green, and brown); Diameter 13.7 cm