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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Tazza

ca. 1538 (made)
Place of origin

A tin glazed earthenware tazza with painted decoration depicting Joseph and Potiphar's wife. Made in Urbino, ca. 1530.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration
Brief description
Tazza depicting Joseph and Potiphar's wife, painted by Sforza di Marcantonio, Urbino, Italy, ca. 1538
Physical description
Earthenware tazza with painted decoration depicting Joseph and Potiphar's wife.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by D. M. Currie
Production
Painted by Sforza di Marcantonio
Summary
A tin glazed earthenware tazza with painted decoration depicting Joseph and Potiphar's wife. Made in Urbino, ca. 1530.
Bibliographic reference
Mallet, J.V.G, Xanto: Pottery-painter, Poet, Man of the Italian Renaissance (London: The Wallace Collection, 2007)
Collection
Accession number
C.481-1921

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Record createdMay 5, 2006
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