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

Dish

ca. 1530-1535 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tin glazed earthenware dish on low foot. Painted in blue, yellow, reddish, orange, brown, copper, green, manganese purple, black and opaque white. Apollo surrounded by laurel-wreathed poets with open books, muses and musical instruments. Above, clouds and a choir of cupids. The back plain.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish on low foot, tin-glazed earthenware, Apollo surrounded by laurel-wreathed poets with books, muses and musical instruments, made in Urbino, Italy, about 1530-35
Physical description
Tin glazed earthenware dish on low foot. Painted in blue, yellow, reddish, orange, brown, copper, green, manganese purple, black and opaque white. Apollo surrounded by laurel-wreathed poets with open books, muses and musical instruments. Above, clouds and a choir of cupids. The back plain.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 36cm
Gallery label
Dish Made in Urbino, Italy about 1530-35 Tin-glazed earthenware 7156-1860 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
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
996 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
7156-1860

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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