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

Dish

ca. 1520 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large presentation dish, tin-glazed earthenware with apinted decoration in blue and pale lustre, depicting a lady in profile, 'ASAI AVAZA CHI FVRTVNA PASA' painted on scroll


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish, tin-glazed earthenware with lustre decoration, depicting a lady in profile, 'ASAI AVAZA CHI FVRTVNA PASA' painted on scroll, made in Deruta, ca. 1520
Physical description
Large presentation dish, tin-glazed earthenware with apinted decoration in blue and pale lustre, depicting a lady in profile, 'ASAI AVAZA CHI FVRTVNA PASA' painted on scroll
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 40.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'ASAI AVAZA CHI FVRTVNA PASA' (Italian. Painted on scroll in front of woman in centre of plate)
Gallery label
Dish depicting a lady in profile Made in Deruta, Italy about 1520 ASAI AVAZA CHI FVRTVNA PASA ("He who has good fortune makes great progress") Tin-glazed earthenware 3035-1853(16/07/2008)
Object history
A.W.N. Pugin's Collection.
Bought through Chaffers from the Sale at Sotheby's 12 Febr. 1853 of Pugin's Collection of 'antique objects'.
Purchase price
Subject 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
478 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
3035-1853

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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