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

Bowl

ca. 1510 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shallow bowl of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre. On a high foot. In the centre is a medallion bust portrait of a youth with flowers. Border of oblique gadroons. Outside is decorated with geometrical ornaments. Ruby and yellow lustre on a white ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware with lustre
Brief description
Shallow bowl of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre, made in Gubbio or Deruta, ca. 1510
Physical description
Shallow bowl of tin-glazed earthenware with lustre. On a high foot. In the centre is a medallion bust portrait of a youth with flowers. Border of oblique gadroons. Outside is decorated with geometrical ornaments. Ruby and yellow lustre on a white ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Diameter: 21.5cm
Gallery label
Bowl Made in Gubbio, ItalyDeruta date?? Tin-glazed earthenware 528-1865 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
443 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
528-1865

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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