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

Vase

ca. 1580-1590 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vase, fluted, with arched scroll handle above the mouth springing from two applied moulded lions' masks, and short spout with grotesque mask in relief below it.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Fluted vase with arched scroll handle, lions' masks and short spout, made in Fontana or Patanazzi workshops, Urbino, about 1580-90, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Vase, fluted, with arched scroll handle above the mouth springing from two applied moulded lions' masks, and short spout with grotesque mask in relief below it.
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5cm
  • Diameter: 14.5cm
Gallery label
Vase Made in Fontana or Patanazzi workshops, Urbino, Italy About 1580-90 Tin-glazed earthenware 4291-1857(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for £16 10s.
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
879 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
4291-1857

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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