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

Dish

1480-1490 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish depicting, in the centre, a stag in front of a tree.
Made in Montelupo, Italy; 1480-90.
Tin-glazed earthenware.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish, tin-glazed earthenware depicting a stag in front of a tree, pattern of zig-zags and quatrefoils on rim, probably made in Montelupo, 1480-1490
Physical description
Dish depicting a medallion in which is a stag passing in front of a tree; on the rim interlaced zigzags, quatrefoils, spirals. Painted in blue, orange, yellow and copper green. The back plain.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 33.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Object history
George Salting Bequest
Subjects depicted
Summary
Dish depicting, in the centre, a stag in front of a tree.
Made in Montelupo, Italy; 1480-90.
Tin-glazed earthenware.
Bibliographic reference
Ajmar-Wollheim, Marta and Flora Dennis, At Home in Renaissance Italy, London: V&A Publishing, 2006.
Other number
130 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
C.2065-1910

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Record createdJune 8, 2006
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