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

Basin

ca. 1500 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish for a ewer depicting a central medallion with the coat-of-arms of Ranieri family of Perugia, flanked by two female figures in classical dress and two warriors.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish for a ewer, central medallion with Ranieri coat-of-arms, flanked by two female figures in classical dress and two warriors, Deruta, about 1500, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish for a ewer depicting a central medallion with the coat-of-arms of Ranieri family of Perugia, flanked by two female figures in classical dress and two warriors.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 37.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'P.P.' (Painted in Roman script in the centre boss flanking a shield.)
  • 'FR' (Maker's mark painted in Roman script on the back of the dish.)
Gallery label
Basin depicting central medallion with the coat-of-arms of Ranieri family of Perugia, flanked by two female figures in classical dress and two warriors Made in Deruta, Italy About 1500 P.P. Tin-glazed earthenware 6666-1860(16/07/2008)
Object history
Montferrand Collection. Christie's 15 November 1859.
Production
J Mallet, 11/02/97
Deruta, about 1500

Fiocco and Gherardi, 1994
Deruta, early 16th cent.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian maiolica. London : H.M.S.O., 1977.
  • Fiocco, Carola and Gabriella Gherardi. La ceramica di Deruta dal XIII al XVIII secolo. Perugia : Volumnia, 1994. 173 p.
  • Rackham, Bernard. Catalogue of Italian Maiolica, London : H.M.S.O., 1977
Other number
391 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
6666-1860

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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