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On short term loan out for exhibition

Cup

1600-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Avon (Seine-et-Marne) (made)

Cup with a naked woman, lead-glazed earthenware, moulded.


Object details

Category
Ceramics
Object type
Cup
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware, moulded
Earthenware
Brief description
Boat-shaped cup with figure of a nymph with cornucopia, lead-glazed earthenware, moulded. Avon, France, 1600-50
Physical description
Cup with a naked woman, lead-glazed earthenware, moulded.
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.0cm
  • Width: 11.4cm
  • Height: 8.1cm
  • Weight: 0.25cm
Gallery label
  • CUP with a naked woman 1550-1600 Follower of Bernard Palissy (1510-90) It is often difficult to distinguish between Palissy's own work and that of his immediate followers. Other potters imitated his products for several decades after his death, and again during the 19th century. This cup in the style of Palissy appealed to the 16th-century sense of humour. As the contents recede, the nakedness of the female figure is gradually exposed. France Lead-glazed earthenware, moulded Museum no. C.2310-1910 Salting Bequest(2008)
  • Cup with figure personifying a spring, Fontainebleau, after a model probably by Guillaume Dupré, about 1620-5(2010 (TAB))
Credit line
Bequeathed by George Salting, Esq.
Object history
An identical cup (with different colouring) is in the Metropolitan (see Refs.) where is is described as probably after a model by Guillaume Dupré, about 1600-20 and probably made in the pottery of Claude Bertélemy (1575-1643).
Production
Probably made in the pottery of Claude Bertélemy.
Subject depicted
Nude
Bibliographic reference
McNab, Jessie, Seventeenth Century French Ceramic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.2310-1910

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Record createdJuly 9, 2008
Record URL
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