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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Vase

1513-34 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two-handled vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours and lustre, featuring the arms of the Medici Pope Leo X (r. 1513-21) or Clement VII (r. 1523-34).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours and lustre
Brief description
Two-handled vase, with the coat of arms of a Medici Pope, lustred tin-glaze earthenware, made in Deruta, Italy, 1513-34
Physical description
Two-handled vase of tin-glazed earthenware, painted in colours and lustre, featuring the arms of the Medici Pope Leo X (r. 1513-21) or Clement VII (r. 1523-34).
Dimensions
  • Height: 27cm
  • Diameter: 20.5cm
Gallery label
Vase Made in Deruta, Italy about 1513-21 Tin-glazed earthenware 515-1865 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
488 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
515-1865

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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