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

Dish

early 16th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large dish, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration of Alexandre the Great and Diogenes with two groups of soldiers


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish depicting Alexandre the Great and Diogenes with two groups of soldiers, made in Deruta or Siena, early 16th century, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Large dish, tin-glazed earthenware with painted decoration of Alexandre the Great and Diogenes with two groups of soldiers
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 39.5cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting Alexandre the Great and Diogenes with two groups of soldiers Made in Deruta or Siena, Italy Early 16th century Tin-glazed earthenware 1673-1855 Formerly Bernal Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection.
Production
See Rackham, Bernard: Italian Maiolica. pl. 36 ( London: Faber & Faber, 1952).
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
496 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
1673-1855

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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