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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Bowl

about 1480 to 1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hemispherical bowl with a small foot. The inside of the bowl is decorated with a crouching fawn and rosettes in a foliated medallion. The sides of the bowl are decorated with three rows of leaf forms. The whole decorated with green and yellow-brown glazes under a clear glaze.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Red earthenware covered with white slip with incised decoration
Brief description
Red earthenware covered with a white slip with incised decoration of a reclining deer picked out in brownish-yellow and green under a clear glaze. Italian (possibly Ferrara), about 1480 to 1500
Physical description
Hemispherical bowl with a small foot. The inside of the bowl is decorated with a crouching fawn and rosettes in a foliated medallion. The sides of the bowl are decorated with three rows of leaf forms. The whole decorated with green and yellow-brown glazes under a clear glaze.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.6cm
  • Diameter: 12.5cm
  • Foot diameter: 5.4cm
  • Weight: 0.270kg
Gallery label
Bowl Made in Italy Incised slipware 1185-1901(16/07/2008)
Object history
Bought for £8 from Signor G. Brauer
15 Lungo di Mugnore, Florence
MA/I/B2347 Brauer, Godefroy
Described as one of 3 three cups of glazed earthenware, 15th century (all more or less brokem and repaired, two with portions missing).
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
1185-1901

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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