Dish
ca. 1580 (made)
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Broad-rimmed bowl. Tin-glazed overall. The centre is painted with Cupid riding on a dolphin; a double border of grotesques on white ground surround it. The reverse contains concentric yellow lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware |
| Brief description | Dish depicting Cupid riding on a dolphin, made in Urbino, about 1580, tin-glazed earthenware |
| Physical description | Broad-rimmed bowl. Tin-glazed overall. The centre is painted with Cupid riding on a dolphin; a double border of grotesques on white ground surround it. The reverse contains concentric yellow lines. |
| Gallery label | Dish depicting in the centre Cupid riding on a dolphin
Made in Urbino about 1580
Tin-glazed earthenware
8956-1863 Soulages Collection(16/07/2008) |
| Object history | Bought (Soulages Collection). |
| Production | J Mallet Nice piece! putto with grottesche incorporating 4 ducal crowns. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Elisa Sani, Not in Rackham - 'Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Victoria and Albert Museum – Part 1', in: Keramos 210 (2010), pp. 1-30, cat. 47 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 8956-1863 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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