Dish
ca. 1525 (made)
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Moulded dish on low foot, which is broken off and missing, with a female portrait painted in pale olive-green. The background of the centre is blue, and shows in lustre, the initials B B. The rim is decorated with two rows of circular depressions. On the back, two groups of concentric circles, painted in lustre. Painted in blue olive-green and with red and gold lustre.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Moulded dish, low foot broken off and missing, painted with a female portrait and initials B B, made in Gubbio, about 1525, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Moulded dish on low foot, which is broken off and missing, with a female portrait painted in pale olive-green. The background of the centre is blue, and shows in lustre, the initials B B. The rim is decorated with two rows of circular depressions. On the back, two groups of concentric circles, painted in lustre. Painted in blue olive-green and with red and gold lustre. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'B B' (Painted with one letter on either side of the bust of the lady) |
| Gallery label | Dish
Made in Gubbio, Italy About 1525
B B
Tin-glazed earthenware
8452-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Purchase: Soulages Collection. |
| Production | John Mallet, 4-2-1999 |
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| Other number | 699 - Rackham (1977) |
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| Accession number | 8452-1863 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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