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

Bowl

ca. 1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration enhanced with splashes of yellow brown and green. The decoration consists of a bird perched on a branch with leaves and a fruit.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Incised slipware
Brief description
Bowl of earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration enhanced with splashes of yellow brown and green. Northern Italy, 1650-1700
Physical description
Bowl of earthenware covered with a white slip and with incised decoration enhanced with splashes of yellow brown and green. The decoration consists of a bird perched on a branch with leaves and a fruit.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 4 1/2in
  • Taken from register diameter: 13 3/4in
Gallery label
Bowl Made in North Italy, about 1650-1700 23-1905 Given by W.C. Alexander Esq.(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Given by W. C. Alexander, Esq.
Object history
Formerly embedded in a wall at Ravenna, fragments of stucco adhere at the back.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
1434 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
23-1905

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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