Hand Painted Spanish Decorative Plate of Archbishop's Bridge Glazed

Glazed ceramics with lustre-painted decoration This is glazed ware, i.e. it is glazed with a white enamel bath, very pure in the best examples, which is f...

18th century Spanish Ceramic plate with a Country scene.

Antique hand-painted plate owned by Gordon and Ann Getty. Part of their personal antiquity collection (they) purchased at Christie's South Kensington Auction on July 28, 1995; Lot 25. A treasured find for collectors and enthusiasts of unique and one-of-a-kind pieces with a story to tell! Ann Getty, America’s legendary tastemaker was a paleoanthropologist, arts patron, interior designer, and author. Married to Gordon Getty, the 4th son of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, billionaire philanthropist and classical music composer. They were chic intellectual San Francisco socialites who spent their life supporting and advocating for the arts, music, science, and education. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, and Getty Villa exhibit J. Paul Getty’s private art and antiquity collections, the J. Paul Getty Trust fund is the world’s wealthiest art institution. Anne grew up on a farm in northern California, then graduated from UC Berkeley with dual degrees in Biology and Anthropology. She supported archaeological digs in Ethiopia and Turkey, searching for human fossils and artifacts, studying genetics and DNA structures. She was unpretentious, physically hands on and intellectually in synch with scholarly scientists, craftsmen and artists. There’s a published photo of her restoring an ancient buffalo’s fossilized horns at the National Museum of Ethiopia. These very same personality traits and mannerisms, her curiosity, keen eye and great attention to detail are apparent in her approach to collecting art and antiques, first a student, then connoisseur. She knew the provenance and story behind every piece she bought. She taught herself by observing, experimenting and absorbing everything. She employed artists that became her greatest teachers. Before launching her interior design firm she hired legendary designers Albert Hadley and Sister Parish, then John Stefanidis to design her Pacific Heights estate, an early 1900’s sprawling Italianate mansion with views of the Golden Gate Bridge, designed by architect Willis Polk. The estate was nicknamed the “San Francisco Embassy” for its lavish political and cultural parties. Shortly after opening her interior design firm she launched "The Ann Getty House Collection," offering original and authentic furniture reproductions from her own collections and inspiration produced by Luis Rossi of L. Rossi Antiques...

This Italian hand-painted round ceramic wall plate is a beautiful example of traditional Mediterranean decorative pottery. Crafted from fine ceramic and carefully hand-painted by ski...