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

Dish

1510-1520 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish for a ewer depicting a rabbit in the central medallion (possibly a symbol of fecundity)


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Dish for a ewer depicting a rabbit in the central medallion, made in Gubbio, Italy, 1510-20, tin-glazed earthenware
Physical description
Dish for a ewer depicting a rabbit in the central medallion (possibly a symbol of fecundity)
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 32.3cm
Gallery label
Dish depicting a rabbit in the central medallion (possibly a symbol of fecundity) Made in Gubbio, Italy 1510-20 Tin-glazed earthenware 8890-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase: Soulages Collection.
Production
J Mallet No date.
Gubbio, 1510-20. Rabbit crouching on arock in the central medallion, perhaps a symbol of fecundity.
Subject 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
500 - Rackham (1977)
Collection
Accession number
8890-1863

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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