Bowl
1520-30 (made)
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This beautifully painted dish belongs to a group of works painted in near-monochrome blue, sometimes with lustre. Two of these dishes are marked on the back with the letters Co, probably the mark of the Deruta potter called Nicola Francioli, known as Co. This accomplished master was also probably the painter of the floor tiles that once adorned the church of S. Francesco in Deruta.
The decoration of this bowl, with spaces left blank by the potter, may suggest that it was meant to receive an additional lustre decoration and a third firing.
The decoration of this bowl, with spaces left blank by the potter, may suggest that it was meant to receive an additional lustre decoration and a third firing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Broad-rimmed bowl painted in blue with a naked boy holding a sail on a galloping horse, Deruta, probably painted by Nicola Francioli called Co, 1520-30, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | painted in blue only. In the middle a naked boy holding a sail on a galloping horse; on the rim a symmetrical design of scrolls ending in dolphins heads and flowers. and a medallion bust of a Roman emperor. On the back of the rim, intersecting pointed petal-motives. |
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| Object history | Purchase. Formerly Bernal Collection. |
| Production | Attributed on stylistic grounds to Nicola Francioli known as Co, the talented painter previously known as 'The master of the Diruta plate' |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This beautifully painted dish belongs to a group of works painted in near-monochrome blue, sometimes with lustre. Two of these dishes are marked on the back with the letters Co, probably the mark of the Deruta potter called Nicola Francioli, known as Co. This accomplished master was also probably the painter of the floor tiles that once adorned the church of S. Francesco in Deruta. The decoration of this bowl, with spaces left blank by the potter, may suggest that it was meant to receive an additional lustre decoration and a third firing. |
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| Other number | 432 - Rackham (1977) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1675-1855 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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