Basin
1600-1625 (made)
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Baisn with curved rim, painted in blue, yellow, deep orange, and manganese brown. Inside, in the middle, Cupid in a car drawn by two doves, in brown and orange on yellow ground. The remaining surface divided by bands of patterned strapwork into oval compartiments containing grotesques of birds flanking a stem in colours, with scrolls or foliated bands in the intervals. On the outside, horizantal bands in blue and orange. Two drilled suspension holes in the foot.
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Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
Brief description | Basin with recurved rim, probably made in The Marches, Italy, 1600-25, tin-glazed earthenware |
Physical description | Baisn with curved rim, painted in blue, yellow, deep orange, and manganese brown. Inside, in the middle, Cupid in a car drawn by two doves, in brown and orange on yellow ground. The remaining surface divided by bands of patterned strapwork into oval compartiments containing grotesques of birds flanking a stem in colours, with scrolls or foliated bands in the intervals. On the outside, horizantal bands in blue and orange. Two drilled suspension holes in the foot. |
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Gallery label | Basin
Made in Probably the Marches, Italy 1600-25
Tin-glazed earthenware
2974-1853 Formerly Bandinel Collection(16/07/2008) |
Object history | Formerly Bandinel Collection. |
Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977 |
Other number | 1081 - Rackham (1977) |
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Accession number | 2974-1853 |
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Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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