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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. 1535 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish, depicting Judith with the head of Holofernes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish depicting Judith with the head of Holofernes, made in Faenza, Italy, about 1535, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish, depicting Judith with the head of Holofernes.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting Judith eith the head of Holofernes Made in Faenza, Italy About 1535 Tin-glazed earthenware 4343-1857(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for £10 10s.
Production
J Mallet, 25/04/2003
Possibly retouched on Judith's neck
Subjects 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
302 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
4343-1857

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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